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115. Can you read the room?
I loved the title in one of Dan Reiland’s posts – ‘If you can’t read the room, you can’t lead the room.’ Our lives are full of relationships with others and with meetings of one kind and another and whether we are talking with our wives, our kids, teaching a group of students or having Read more about 115. Can you read the room?[…]
114. Have you debriefed your journey this year?
It’s been a habit for years now of taking a day in December to reflect back over the past year, and then look forward with expectation for the new year ahead. I like to mix it up every year and create a different way of reflecting. I think I could call it a spiritual discipline Read more about 114. Have you debriefed your journey this year?[…]
113. Am I indifferent?
The dictionary definition of the word ‘indifferent’ is ‘lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.’ For example: “she shrugged, feigning indifference”. But this isn’t the kind of indifference I want to talk about. St Ignatius, the Spanish monk who began the Jesuits, developed many spiritual exercises, one of which was called ‘indifference.’ Let me tell you Read more about 113. Am I indifferent?[…]
112. How is my confession?
When I think of confession, I am immediately reminded of the verse I memorised in my early discipleship: 1 John 1:9 ‘But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to purify us from all unrighteousness.’ I was taught that confession was a personal practice Read more about 112. How is my confession?[…]
111. Do women have an advantage in leadership?
In YWAM we are blessed to have a leader who isn’t afraid of writing a book called – why not women? We are used to hearing teaching on the ‘Father heart of God’, but perhaps less so on the ‘Mother heart of God.’ Right at the beginning of Genesis we read, ‘So God created human Read more about 111. Do women have an advantage in leadership?[…]
110. How do you give and receive feedback?
What comes to mind when you think of the word ‘feedback’? When was the last time you can remember receiving feedback where your response was, ‘that was very helpful’? And when was the last time you were affirmed by someone who was receiving feedback from you? For many of us, we have to think very Read more about 110. How do you give and receive feedback?[…]
109. Do you have conversations on purpose?
There are all kinds of statistics given how women talk three times as much as men but actually there is nothing substantial to back them up. The reality is that men & women probably talk as much as each other if they are extrovert and if they are introvert, they don’t talk as much! Read more about 109. Do you have conversations on purpose?[…]
108. Can you drink the cup?
I have read this little book by Henri Nouwen several times now and I think it will be one of those books regularly taken out of the bookshelf for a recap. It’s a book about the story of our lives. Our lives are made up of a mixture of both joy and sorrow, although if Read more about 108. Can you drink the cup?[…]
107. How is technology impacting your life?
When was the last time you assessed the impact of technology in your life? My mum is 95 years old and has never been good with technology. She has never driven a car, never watched a video, never sent a text or opened a website, never held a smart phone or even know what an Read more about 107. How is technology impacting your life?[…]
106. How do you create habits?
I was watching a TV show the other day where a doctor wasn’t allowing a patient to go through a cultural ritual and as a result, she was very anxious and uptight. After this incident, the doctor’s partner caught the doctor going through his own ritual in getting ready for a surgery – a certain Read more about 106. How do you create habits?[…]