Inaugural Irregular Blog!

SC over at ArmyBarmy reminds us, it’s that scary time of year again (Western hemisphere) with appointment changes announced in Canada/Bermuda this weekend. Eerily enough, the TC there was my Personnel and Chief Secretary during our tenure in USA East. In those capacities, he used to come knocking on my door this time of year with long list in hand (stretching from Columbus to Bangor). Those were some interesting sessions. Now Bill Francis is on the receiving end, God bless him.

Interestingly enough, it was an appointment guffaw (from my philosophical leadership perspective) that launched this blog back in 2006. Following is the opening and closing paragraph of that writing:

“Recently a prominent Cabinet member wrote to the effect that every appointment is God made and God-ordained. God will equip you for the appointment and there is not an appointment where He can’t use you. I must confess that I cringe every time I hear this kind of logic. I must also confess that I don’t have all the answers, but permit me to pose a few more, “I wonder” questions for all of us to ponder.”

“Yes, I’m not perfect and, no, I don’t have all the answers (“No way, Jose!” as my granddaughter would exclaim), but I would implore all of you future leaders (Denominational and Congregational) reading these words to prayerfully consider the questions posed above. And as you grow older and wiser, work hard not to forget that a constantly changing and evolving culture will undoubtedly differ from the one that shaped your own inherited and/or modeled leadership (management) style.”

To read what’s in between these two paragraphs, go to the archives left, click on “July” at the very bottom and then scroll down to July 9, 2006, my inaugural blog.

JN