Gleaning and Gathering

If you're a leader of a struggling ministry or non-profit who has wrestled with why it seems so hard to get or keep donors? You're not alone! In this episode, I unpack this topic and discuss a clear pathway forward.

Sharing from my family's experiences and recent activities, I reflect on the need to adjust as we move forward.

Speaking of adjustment, we are "pressing pause" on Gleaning and Gathering for a season. We hope to be back in time, but for now, I am not able to give it the time and attention that it deserves.

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This is a message that I shared with The Gathering at Victory Acres, and I wanted to share it with you as well.

Living prepared for the inevitable storms of life is the lesson that I am gleaning this week.

Sharing some stories from my own experience and some principles from Scripture.

In this episode I share about our time as a family at Serenity Cabin in Galax, Virginia. We are deeply grateful!

I also share about the need for connection. In a world awash in content, many are lacking genuine connection.

What about you? Who is your Paul, your Barnabas, and your Timothy?

Avoid the habit of doing too much by taking these four steps:

Evaluate, Eliminate, Delegate, and Automate

Do you have a habit of avoiding conflict?

Practice Matthew 18. Avoiding conflict will rarely make a bad situation better.

Virtues are specific habits of excellence, and the four Cardinal Virtues are:

1 - Temperance

2 - Courage

3 - Justice, and

4 - Prudence

There are many "sub-disciplines" of these virtues that will make our lives better.

You can listen to the Double Win Podcast for more.

Here are three essential leadership lessons that I gleaned this week:

Lesson 1 came from Jesse DeYoung

Organizational doubt is real, and if we are going to lead effectively, we have to address it.

Lesson 2: Your mess is your message. Great quote: "John doesn't have a drinking problem; he has a drinking SOLUTION." People are looking for "The Fix" in their lives, and they turn to all kinds of things to "solve" the underlying problem.

https://ianmorgancron.com/thefix

Lesson 3: You have a working genius, and you will work best when you are focusing on those areas of strength. Great book and concept developed by Patrick Lencioni.

Thanks to Sean Morgan and "Leaders in Living Rooms" for the wisdom gleaned this past week. In this episode entitled "Need a Sabbatical? You're doing it wrong," he shared some points that were super helpful to me.

I gleaned a lot from another podcast by Carey Nieuwhoff and Jenni Catron entitled, "How to Tell whether your culture is healthy" It was really helpful in thinking about organizational culture both in my past and present.

I'd love to hear your story!