Leadership is a hot topic these days. Go into any bookstores and you will find hundreds of books on leadership. Being a leader is different depending on the setting. It is one thing to lead a race with many in pursuit of you but it is another thing to lead a team where you facilitate …
||40days|| week five: follow wherever
"You can just follow me there." I'm sure we have all had the experience of following someone in our car from one place to a final destination. We may not know where we are going, but trust the person to lead us around curves, through unexpected turns, racing through yellow lights to the destination. When …
||40days|| week five: follow to freedom
Walking out of prison is not something you do. Even with all of the mystique of stories about prison escapes, when it comes right down to it, prisons are places you go to but don't get out of by your own will or effort. But what if someone sets you free? In this fifth week …
||40days|| week five: follow
With all the talk in social media about how many followers you have, it is easy to lose sight of what it really means to follow someone. This season of Lent, which we are marking with our ||40days|| journey, is really all about following Jesus. So this fifth week we take the next step after acknowledging, …
||40days|| week four: listen in the other
One of the greatest challenges for any parent is trying to communicate with a child. With young children, there are times when you have to sit them down, make sure they have steady eye contact, and then slowly speak your points. After that, you may ask the question, "Do you understand what I am saying?" …
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Matthew Erickson 