Leadership Lessons From Churchill

Here are five leadership lessons that Paul Johnson draws from the life of Winston Churchill in his book Churchill.

• The first lesson is:  always aim high.
• Lesson number two is:  there is no substitute for hard work.
• Third, and in its way most important, Churchill never allowed mistakes, disaster--personal or national--accidents, illnesses, unpopularity, and criticism to get him down.
• Fourth, Churchill wasted an extraordinarily small amount of his time and emotional energy on the meannesses of life:  recrimination, shifting the blame onto others, malice, revenge seeking, dirty tricks, spreading rumors, harboring grudges, waging vendettas.  
• Finally, the absence of hatred left plenty of room for joy in Churchill's life.

These are just of few of the nuggets in Johnson's book.  It is short, only 166 pages, and well-written.  I commend it to you.

Coming Easter

Day In DC

Interesting afternoon in DC.  Protesters and "Tea-Party" folks surrounded the Capitol as members of Congress discussed health care...

Supposedly a copy of the health care bill being debated...

Shot of the crowd...

Protester...

Wyatt Earp???

Cool Picture

I noticed this while standing by my window working on a memory verse.  Nice reminder of who Jesus is and what He has done for me!

Overcoming With The Word

Here is a quote from John Piper reminding us of the importance of knowing and using God's Word.

"Satan's number-one objective is to destroy our joy of faith.  We have one offensive weapon:  the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God (Ephesians 6:17).  But what many Christians fail to realize is that we can't draw the sword from someone else's scabbard.  If we don't wear it, we can't wield it.  If the Word of God does not abide in us (John 15:7), we will reach for it in vain when the enemy strikes.  But if we do wear it, if it lives within us, what mighty warriors we can be!"  (Desiring God, 151)

Read and memorize 1 John 2:14b.  

"I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one."