Moment for Mission

Podcast Episode 24   Summary

In M4M episode 24, I talk about ?” Today on Moment for Mission I look at the idea of “Leading Partners in Mission.”

If you give 10 minutes to listen to episode, you’ll hear one of my poems as well as 10 points for leading such that other are more likely to engage with you or your organization on a deeper level.

Quotable and Notable

The Sea by Fred Foy Strang

I have drawn deeply of the salt air, bathed in a briny sea.

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Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

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Podcast Episode 23 Summary

In M4M episode 23, of Moment for Mission, I talk about a concept I call, “TEAM BASED MISSION.”

If you give 10 minutes to listen to episode 23, you may glean some helpful and encouraging ideas about how a shift from “I” thinking to “WE” thinking can benefit your or your organization’s mission.

Quotable and Notable

“Team Based Missions is the methodology and program involving specially selected and trained advisors who, along with a team leader, implement a missionally driven program with the goals of cultivating an understanding of, a commitment to and the achievement of the overall mission and vision of the endeavor.”

Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M Episode 23

“Great organizations demand a high level of commitment by the people involved. Eliminate politics, by giving everybody the same message. Keep a flat organization in which all issues are discussed openly. Empower teams to do their own things.”       

Bill Gates

The Bible writer of Ecclesiates (4:9-12) wrote:

Two are better than one, because they have good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up the other; but woe to one who is alone and fall and does not have another to help. Again, if two lie together, they keep warm; but how can one keep warm alone? And though one might prevail against another, two will withstand one A threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Recommended Resources

In Episode 23—

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiates+4%3A9-12&version=NRSV

This 2-Year Google Study Says Your Team Will Be Successful If They Can Answer Yes to These 5 Questions

https://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/this-2-year-google-study-says-your-team-will-be-successful-if-they-can-answer-yes-to-these-5-questions.html

10 Tips for Better Teamwork

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/tips-for-better-teamwork-1919225

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Acknowledgements & Legalities

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 

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Podcast Episode 22   Summary

In M4M episode 22, I took a look at our second WORLD CHANGER and offered a profile on a person that was enormously influential in my life, Shorter T. Strang, Sr., my late father.

If you give 10 minutes to listen to episode, you will hear about a wonderful man whose mission in life was simply… to make a difference. And, you may be inspired by his life of simplicity and humility that truly made a impact on those around him and beyond.

 Quotable and Notable

While not original to my father, he used to remind me often

“Do the best you can, with what you have, where you are.”

 “There are very, very few of us who will become famous, have the chance to impact millions of lives with the stroke of a pen, or have our lives chronicled in the annals of history. BUT, we all, each and every one of us can make a REAL, substantive, long-lasting difference in the lives of those around us and even beyond.”

Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M Episode 24

Photo of the late Shorter T. Strang, Sr.

Recommended Resources

 In Episode 22—

Stephen Ministry:

https://www.stephenministries.org/default.cfm

Movie:

Sweet Home Alabama.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256415/

https://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Home-Alabama-Reese-Witherspoon/dp/B00007E2F5

 The prophet Isaiah wrote many years ago,

“Learn to do good, seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow…”   Isaiah 1:17

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+1%3A17&version=NRSV

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Acknowledgements & Legalities

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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In episode 21, you will find a 10 minute summary of previous Moment For Mission posdcasts numbers 12 -20.  Take a moment to review or, if you are just joining, get a quick re-cap of the past weeks. 

Podcast Episode 20  Summary

In M4M episode, I look at the idea of "Living Your Mission.

Quotable and Notable

When our mission becomes part of ourselves, a part of our “living,” then, we start to embody our values and vision so that they are visible and viable in most every aspect of our lives. Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M Ep 20

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of the huge bestseller When Bad Things Happen To Good People wrote, “You don’t become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.”

Some questions I consider when aligning my mission and my living, when developing, adjusting, the mission for myself, my company, the organization I serve, my mission-service work are:

 Is what I am seeking morally sound?

Is the Mission for myself or my organization JUST?

Does it exhibit mercy?

Is equality a part of this vision I / we have?

Does this Mission benefit others in meaningful manner?

Recommended Resources

In Episode 20—

Harold Kusher. When Bad Things Happen To Good People.

https://www.amazon.com/When-Things-Happen-Good-People/dp/1400034728/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H61E44Z64G13&keywords=when+bad+things+happen+to+good+people+kushner&qid=1558458007&s=books&sprefix=when+bad+things%2Cstripbooks%2C153&sr=1-1

Micah 6:8

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Micah+6%3A8&version=NRSV

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Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw. 

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Podcast Episode 19 Summary

In M4M episode 19, I take a look at the topic of “Missional Thinking.”

If you take time to listen to episode, you will hear a brief bit of theological discourse involving the terms “Incarnational,” “Messianic,” and “Apostolic,’ and how these relate focusing on a life or organizational mission focus.

Quotable and Notable

“Shema” in Hebrew language means “hear.” The concept of “shema” is the very symbol of the Jewish faith. It refers to the Deuteronomy passage “Hear O Israel, the LORD our God is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Duet 6:4)

Photograph Link: Dr. Fred Foy Strang (TAUTA) and Josphat Ole Nagirro.

Recommended Resources

In Episode 19—

Bohemian Rhapsody Movie Information

https://www.foxmovies.com/movies/bohemian-rhapsody

Deuteronomy 6:4

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+6%3A4&version=NRSV

Some additional information on the “Shema” in Judaism.

https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-shema/

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Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Podcast Episode 18 Summary

In M4M episode 18, look at “Excellence in Mission” – Is excellence a forgotten commodity?

If you take time to listen to episode, you may be inspired and encouraged towards excellence as you pursue your life-mission. 

Quotable and Notable

If we are truly committed to our mission, then we should want it to be the absolute best it can be! Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M Episode 18

Robert Baden-Powell: “The Scout Motto is: BE PREPARED which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your DUTY.”

Maya Angelou writes, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.”

The writer of Ecclesiastes in the Bible says, “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might;” (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

Philosopher John Gardner wrote: The society which scorns excellence in plumbing because plumbing is a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy. Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

Recommended Resources

In Episode 18—

Shannan Miller – Singer, Songwriter (and a good friend)

https://www.shannanmillermusic.com/

Robert Baden-Powell, Scouting for Boys. (original 1908 edition_

https://www.amazon.com/Scouting-Boys-Original-Dover-Editions/dp/0486457192/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2P5JSB8P9C7BV&keywords=scouting+for+boys&qid=1555514281&s=books&sprefix=scouting+for+bous%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C604&sr=1-1

Augusta National Golf Club (The Masters)

https://www.masters.com/index.html

Reid Memorial Presbyterian Church

https://www.reidchurchaugusta.org/

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Acknowledgements & Legalities

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Podcast Episode 17 Summary

In M4M episode # 17, I address the dilemma we may face at some point, what to do “When Your Mission is REALLY Big?”

Quotable and Notable

Take a BIG task, vision, goal, and BREAK IT DOWN into smaller, more manageable, more achievable bits. “  Dr. Fred Foy Strang, M4M Ep 17

Daddy used to tell me:

“If you have to swallow a frog, it is best not to look at him too long.

If you have to swallow a lot of frogs, you’d better swallow the biggest on first.”

US President Dwight D. Eisenhower said, “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.”

Photograph of my late father, Shorter T. Strang, Sr.

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vxvshx/Big_Shorter.jpg

Recommended Resources

In Episode 17—

 Dwight Eisenhower:

https://www.developgoodhabits.com/eisenhower-matrix/

Eisenhower Matrix

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/pw849s/Eisenhower_Matrix.png

 Stephen Covey, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/1451639619/ref=sr_1_1?crid=X4ZM2NIOWUL&keywords=seven+habits+of+highly+effective+people&qid=1555509917&s=books&sprefix=seven+habits%2Cstripbooks-intl-ship%2C704&sr=1-1

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Tag Lines: Mission, vision, goal, purpose, goal-setting, lead, leader, leadership, serve, service, impact.

Acknowledgements & Legalities

Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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Podcast Episode 16 Summary

In M4M episode 16, I take a look at the topic of “Accomplishing Your Mission.”

If you give 10 minutes to listen to episode, you may gain insight into some helpful ideas and suggestions surrounding how you can be about the business of “Accomplishing Your Mission.”

Quotable and Notable

American humorist, Mark Twain remarked,

“There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.”

16th President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln wrote,

“You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.”

Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist, steel magnate, and philanthropist, wrote, “If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.

Philippians 3:14, “Putting all else behind, I press on towards the mark, the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”

Recommended Resources

In Episode 16—

Training for a Marathon

https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/training-for-your-first-marathon.html

https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a19599563/marathon-training-basics/

Philippians 3:14

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians+3%3A14&version=NRSV

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Tag Lines: Mission, vision, goal, purpose, goal-setting, lead, leader, leadership, serve, service, impact.

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Music contained within this podcast has been purchased, played by permission, in the public domain, or used under the “fair use” of the Creative Commons Licensure. Every reasonable attempt has been made to follow legal and ethical protocols in the production of this podcast series. Information and action follows the Podcasting Legal Guide. Acknowledgement: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide © 2006 Colette Vogele of Vogele & Associates, Mia Garlick of Creative Commons and the Berkman Center Clinical Program in Cyberlaw.

 Moment For Mission by Fred Foy Strang is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Moment for Mission Podcast @ 2019 Fred Foy Strang, All Rights Reserved.