This Sunday’s readings: James 3:1-6
Reflections
Just as our love for God begins with listening to God’s Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them.
~ Dietrich Bonhöffer
No one is a mere follower. If you are a follower of God, for instance, then you are called to lead. Every believer is called to help someone grow into maturity—and such is the core calling of a leader.
~ Dan B. Allender, Leading with a Limp
Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
~ Abraham Joshua Herschel, 1907-1972, famed rabbi and theologian
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
~ Peter Marshall, 1902-1949, Scottish-American Presbyterian Pastor
I am saddened that my tongue cannot live up to my heart.
~ Augustine of Hippo, 354-430, Theologian/Philosopher
All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher and cultural critic
Talk low, talk slow, and don’t say too much.
~ John Wayne, 1907-1979, American Actor
Paul calls leaders not merely to be humble and self-effacing but to be desperate and honest. … He calls us to be a living portrayal of the very gospel we beseech others to believe. And that requires a leader to see himself as being equally prone to deceive as he is to tell the truth, to manipulate as he is to bless, to cower as he is to be bold. A leader is both a hero and a fool, a saint and a felon.
~ Dan B. Allender, Leading with a Limp: Take Full Advantage of Your Most Powerful Weakness