In acknowledgment of the most powerful nation in the world choosing a leader today, this month’s Synchroblog focuses on leadership. There are of course various places I could go on that topic, but I’ll keep it simple. I just want to give a plea to our leaders and to those that follow to be consistent.
When as people we treasure certain values – in our faith or philosophy of life – my plea is that we let those value infuse all areas of life. Loving our neighbor (and enemy) isn’t just for Sunday mornings. Certain political scenarios or economic structures don’t give us a by in that area. If we believe we are called to love, then let’s do it consistently.
If we teach our kids to share and play fairly, let’s apply the same rules to ourselves. Let’s not teach our kids the story of the Good Samaritan at church and then criticize a leader as a socialist for his desire to give care to all.
Can we stop with the excuses about why the bible doesn’t affect real life already? If we believe it, let’s really believe it. Let’s live it out and expect our leaders to live it out.
Consistently.
For other contributions to this Synchroblog check out –
Jonathan Brink – Letter To The President
Adam Gonnerman – Aspiring to the Episcopate
Kai – Leadership – Is Servant Leadership a Broken Model?
Sally Coleman – In the world but not of it- servant leadership for the 21st Century Church
Alan Knox – Submission is given not taken
Joe Miller – Elders Lead a Healthy Family: The Future
Cobus van Wyngaard – Empowering leadership
Steve Hayes – Servant leadership
Geoff Matheson – Leadership
John Smulo – Australian Leadership Lessons
Bryan Riley – Leading is to Listen and Obey
Susan Barnes – Give someone else a turn!
Liz Dyer – A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Polls…
Helen Mildenhall – Leadership
Tyler Savage – Moral Leadership – Is it what we need?
Bill Ellis –Leadership and the Re-humanizing of the World
Ellen Haroutunian – A New Kind of Leadership
Matt Stone – Converting Leadership