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I’m working with a local government department director who regularly talks about “his projects”, “his people” and “his plan”. No mention of the team, but a lot of mentions about him. It’s probably natural to talk this way, but it doesn’t speak to humility or teamwork – both important traits that value others. […]
I was at a local County Fire & Rescue Department recently conducting training when everyone’s radios began to squawk with alarms. Two fire captains launched into action and left what I thought was quite valuable training! 😉 A call had gone out for a house fire. Not too soon later they returned to […]
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit. 1 Peter 3:18 ESV ~~~ At Easter we celebrate a great victory at a terrible cost. The agonizing work Christ completed on […]
While at a local government recently I asked a senior member of the team if he had gotten any professional feedback from his manager lately. The person said they wanted feedback from management but hadn’t gotten any in a very long time. I was surprised to learn this and, curious, asked what kind of feedback […]
John 3:18 reminds us of a wonderful resolution to a horrific reality. M Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. M Jesus didn’t come to earth to condemn us…we were already that way […]
Breaking the cycle of the daily “urgent” in local government is hard to do. We know there are longer-term important things to work on, but the urgencies of daily local government stare us in the face. I know of a City that has a chronic customer satisfaction issue in a particular department. The solution requires […]