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Rest: Energy for the Leadership Journey

6/27/2013

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This week, I’ve been away from home at a deserted farmhouse a couple of hours out of Waco working on my presentations for the upcoming Alleluia Conference at Baylor. Perhaps in future columns, I’ll share some of the substance of these sessions; however, this week I’ve been reflecting on the theme of our Sunday’s worship – rest. The sermon centered on Jesus’ instruction to the disciples in Mark 6 to pull away from the crowd and rest.

If you’ve read the passage recently, you might recall that while Jesus could have kept the disciples on-task serving the people, he commanded them to take care of themselves and rest. During worship, we sang about rest, prayed for rest, and we asked forgiveness for trusting ourselves too much and God too little. In all my years of music ministry, I don’t remember ever planning a service around this theme, and as a person who doesn’t rest often or well, it became a convicting experience for me. Consequently, I’ve been ruminating on this subject, and I’m searching for ways that I can intentionally participate in moments of Sabbath more frequently. Here are a few ideas that have been percolating inside me.



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Leadership: The Art of Involving Others

6/2/2013

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If we don’t learn to involve others in our ministry, our ministry will never be larger than we are. How do we involve others meaningfully? How do we cultivate those who work on our team? What do we delegate and what do we hold to ourselves? These questions and others deserve frequent revisiting.

In my book From Postlude to Prelude: Music Ministry’s Other Six Days, I discuss working with volunteers and the art of delegation. I believe that you should delegate responsibilities that (1) someone can do better than you, (2) someone can do instead of you, (3) someone can do with better timing, and (4) will help someone else grow and develop as a leader. As I manage both teaching and a music ministry position, I frequently visit these four points to see if I am utilizing others and their skills and abilities appropriately. Let’s begin by unpacking each of these more fully:



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    • From Memory to Imagination: Reforming the Church's Music
    • From Postlude to Prelude: Music Ministry's Other Six Days
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