On our way home from church this past Sunday my wife Maria and I were talking about the normal things. She mentioned that she saw that a volunteer was wanted for organizing the Operation Christmas Child shoebox project. If
Empowerment Part 10 Empowerment and Self Esteem
He got me. I was hooked. Many years ago my wife and I were shopping for a private school for my son who has Asperger’s syndrome. This was before anyone had ever heard of how Autism was increasing let alone
Empowerment Part 9 Real Life Empowerment Dialogue
What do you do when someone comes to you with a question? What is your immediate instinct? To answer the question of course! Why? Many reasons I suppose. First you may know the answer. Second you don’t want to be
Empowerment Part 8 Saying “No”
Ask yourself: What will happen if I don’t do it? Yeah, people might get upset. Yeah, you might be targeted as failing to do your job. Yeah, it might be uncomfortable and it might even bother me. Sure I might
Empowerment Part 7 The Goal is Not the Goal
1 Corinthians 12:27-30 “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 28 And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, also
Empowerment Part 6 Resolving the Incongruence
This may seem unrelated to empowerment but I believe it is fundamental to the whole subject. Is it just me or is there an inherent incongruence or contradiction in church life? We talk about being “little Christ’s” to our neighbor
Empowering Leaders Part 5
When we are born our parents tell us what to do. When we go to school our teachers tell us what to do. When we get a job our bosses tell us what to do. When we enter a position
Empowering Leaders Part 4
A number of years ago I learned from then FLGA District Mission Executive, Jerry Seaman that there are three ingredients to expanding the number of people serving the Lord in meaningful ways. I don’t think we called it empowerment back