{"id":9591,"date":"2011-11-02T17:35:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T21:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.com\/?p=9591"},"modified":"2011-11-02T17:35:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T21:35:59","slug":"finger-palm-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/nakedpastor\/2011\/11\/finger-palm-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"finger palm leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/11\/finger-palm.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9592\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/11\/finger-palm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"319\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know what it is to be a leader. I\u2019ve experienced the intoxication of power. I know what it is to be upset when those I lead don\u2019t agree with me and are vocal with their dissent. I remember how much easier it was when everyone was enamoured by my leadership and impressed by my charisma. I realize how much faster things got done and our goals were reached when there was 100% cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>Then one day I decided that, as a church, we didn\u2019t need to go anywhere. And if you don\u2019t need to go anywhere you don\u2019t need a leader. We didn\u2019t need goals. Vision actually hindered community. Agreement wasn\u2019t necessary. Cooperation could be a fabricated and superficial disguise. This was when my best ministry began. And perhaps what brought it to its end.<\/p>\n<p>This is most difficult for communities to understand and even more difficult to adopt and practice.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Download my ebook \u201cnakedpastor 101\u201d for .99\u00a2<\/strong>.) To download the ebook, \u2013&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/nakedpastor.wazala.com\/?page=product_det&amp;id=39293\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">click here!<\/a>\u00a0&lt;\u2013<br>\nCheck out my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nakedpastor.wazala.com\/?openstorepage=home\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">originals and prints<\/a>\u00a0of my art, cartoons and Sophia drawings.<br>\n<strong>Or get the paperback from Amazon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/nakedpastor101-Cartoons-David-Hayward\/dp\/1453898417\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1302774960&amp;sr=8-1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/328\/2011\/08\/NP-Book-012.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"100\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know what it is to be a leader. 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