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Thoughts about life and ministry in an urban setting.

Month September 2018

Response to Georgeena – Malala Yousafzai, A Leader I Follow

Georgeena Alphine’s blog about Malala Yousafzai had a focus on how Yousafzai is an inspiration. I must agree that she is an inspiration! Someone having such a global impact at such a young age is incredible. Furthermore, the fact that… Continue Reading →

Response to Daniel’s Follow the Leader

Daniel, I love that you start out your post by being honest about automatically defaulting to thinking about a male leader. I think we all have implicit biases that we are unaware of until they reveal themselves. I know for… Continue Reading →

Follow the Leader

Beth Moore is a leader who has massive influence. To be honest, I had not given her much thought until recently I read an article (Green 2018) about her published in the Atlantic (https://www.theatlantic.com/). It talks about her various achievements, the… Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 5: Blog Post 3

The first principle of Servant Leadership I chose is putting followers first. “Putting others first is the…defining characteristic” (Northouse, 2016, p. 234) of Servant Leadership. An example of putting followers first is when my team has an event we are… Continue Reading →

Response to dawnES – Northouse’s Definition of Leadership

I appreciated Dawn’s clear and articulate understanding of leadership as a process in this post. She gave a clear picture of how the role of both the leader and the follower in this process. The leader’s role is to continue… Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 4: Blog Post 2

Someone who is a leader “…because of their formal position in an organization…” is an assigned leader, where as someone who is a leader “…because of the way other group members respond to them…” is an emergent leader (Northouse, 2016,… Continue Reading →

Response to Chris Vacher – Learning Activity 3

Northouse (2016) defines leadership as “‘a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal” (p. 6). In Chris’ post he asks the question, “Although this definition is focused on a group context, what is… Continue Reading →

Learning Activity 3: Blog Post 1

According to Northouse (2016), leadership can be defined as ‘a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal’ (p. 6). Sometimes the process of leadership can be lost in pursuit of the goal, but… Continue Reading →

1,000 Words

I chose to do this activity in the room I am staying in. I am currently visiting a friend, and doing this in the room I am staying in seemed the least intrusive to the other people in the house…. Continue Reading →

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