{"id":1770,"date":"2010-07-19T17:36:41","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ispeculate.wpmudev.host\/main\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2010-07-19T17:36:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T21:36:41","slug":"leaders-who-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ispeculate.net\/writings\/2010\/07\/19\/leaders-who-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaders who Last"},"content":{"rendered":"

Margaret Marcuson<\/a> addresses leadership in congregations in her book, Leaders who Last<\/a><\/em>, starting with the claim that to sustain leadership we must stop controlling others, and start the difficult task of managing ourselves (3). She continues in a similar fashion, reminding us that pastoral ministry does only bring to us the peace of mind we enter the ministry with in the first place (6).<\/p>\n

She warns us that superheroes leave a vacuum (11), organizations look for balance (12), overfunctioning is considered good ministry (14) and if we don\u2019t overfunction and take on the responsibility of caring for all, we might be considered cold, unfeeling, unchristian, and even unethical (18).<\/p>\n

She quotes someone talking about communities being led, not driven (17). To lead we should be aware (38) of the situation we are in, both stories from our setting (30) and our own (ch. 4). The awareness also applies to the triangles we are part of and tend to create (48). Marcuson states: \u201cLearning to see triangles is the best stress-management tool around\u201d (48). Marcuson goes back to responsibility and the fact that we can only be responsible for our part of the triangle (54). When addressing anxiety, Marcuson talks about the danger of secrets (62).<\/p>\n

When addressing being a leader, a quote from Parker Palmer sums it up:<\/p>\n

Vocation does not come from a voice \u2018out there\u2019 calling me to become something I am not. It comes from a voice \u2018in here\u2019 calling me to be the person I was born to be, to fulfill the original selfhood given me at birth by God. (71).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Leadership is to know where you want to go, and be able to state it, but at the same time holding the essential outcome lightly. The question becomes whether that is possible, are we hardwired to be outcome driven? (74-75) Another issue here is the ability to shift the vision, if the outcome is not the one we expected (104).<\/p>\n

The image that comes to my mind when reading page 76, is the difference between and Icelandic \u201csmali\u201d (e. gatherer) and a shepard (at least in John). Marcuson talks about the difference between inviting and pursuing (80).<\/p>\n

She uses \u201cconvergent\u201d and \u201cdivergent\u201d to separate between technical issues and the essential human problem that can not be solved, only lived out (82-83).<\/p>\n

In Marcuson’s book it all comes down to staying in relationships, with one another and with God. Part of being in a relationship is being intentional in getting to know the other.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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