One of the most challenging things for anybody to do is to resist the status quo. Essentially, whenever we begin to think that we’ve ‘arrived,’ we can be sure that we haven’t.
Our staff team is currently reading through Reggie McNeal‘s book, Practicing Greatness: 7 Disciplines of Extraordinary Spiritual Leaders. During our team meeting on Tuesday I had the privilege of leading the discussion of chapter three, which was on the topic of self-development. Admittedly, I’ve read a number of books from a wide variety of authors, both from the vantage point of great business minds and well-known Christian leaders. However, this particular book is proving to be one that challenges me to really evaluate myself in some tough ways.
We’re all familiar with the concept of lifelong learning — especially those of us who have to complete a certain number of hours for our professional licenses or affiliations. McNeal, however, talks a lot about something else — ‘lifelong un-learning.’ He defines that term as a “willingess to put yesterday’s ideas, attitudes, and approaches under the knife of new insights and new challenges.” This concept is not really that new to me, but I really like the way McNeal articulates it. Continue Reading…
