http://www.overstatement.org This world is one blog shy of perfect. Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.overstatement.org/2011/07/14/leaders-begin-by-following/#comment-17 Sue Smith Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:09:05 +0000 http://www.overstatement.org/?p=31#comment-17 Bryan says: These mentors are my heroes. They appear in my life when I need them, making my life full and rich. I will never be one hero short. Never. Therefore, my world is perfect just as it is. Could it be that I also am somebody's hero, making their world perfect just as it is? I must ponder this and make it a matter of prayer. For I understand, in as much as I have had such gifts showered on me, I am, as a result, empowered to shower those same gifts on others. What could be more perfect? Bryan says:
These mentors are my heroes. They appear in my life when I need them, making my life full and rich. I will never be one hero short. Never. Therefore, my world is perfect just as it is. Could it be that I also am somebody’s hero, making their world perfect just as it is? I must ponder this and make it a matter of prayer. For I understand, in as much as I have had such gifts showered on me, I am, as a result, empowered to shower those same gifts on others. What could be more perfect?

]]> http://www.overstatement.org/2011/07/14/leaders-begin-by-following/#comment-8 Tim Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:28:29 +0000 http://www.overstatement.org/?p=31#comment-8 Dick was irreplaceable. But so are you. I hope you will use your time away from the parish to find new ways to make a difference. But not for the institutional church, which, as you mention, is in decline (and which is way too focused on itself). Find new ways to make a difference for God. I'm glad Dick helped you see something worthwhile in parish ministry. Keep leading. Dick was irreplaceable.
But so are you. I hope you will use your time away from the parish to find new ways to make a difference. But not for the institutional church, which, as you mention, is in decline (and which is way too focused on itself). Find new ways to make a difference for God.
I’m glad Dick helped you see something worthwhile in parish ministry. Keep leading.

]]> http://www.overstatement.org/2011/07/14/leaders-begin-by-following/#comment-7 Darlene Thu, 14 Jul 2011 22:27:58 +0000 http://www.overstatement.org/?p=31#comment-7 Thanks, Bryan... To know him was to love him... Thanks, Bryan…
To know him was to love him…

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