A Glimpse of Lin

Everything should still run smoothly. I am not an expert when it comes to ministry but I can simply share what I’ve learned in the past 8 years of being a leader in different aspects of ministry, which I hope can be helpful to you both in ministry and outside of ministry. Some people will say that a good leader is someone who is respected by others and leads by example. While that is true, what can ultimately determine if a person is considered a good leader is in the time of their absence. I’ll keep this short with an example: let’s say that you are leading a team and you feel you’ve done a great job but one day you have to step out of that leadership position for whatever reason to take some time off and have to leave your team in charge of getting things done, what is going to determine if you’ve been a good leader is if your team is successful at running things as if you were never gone. In ministry, we focus so much on getting things done for God that we forget to put our f...

“Leaders are responsible for the agency, but leaders are not responsible for a person. I gave him a gun, I gave him a badge, I gave him the training but if he didn’t have the heart to go in, that’s not my responsibility.” Sheriff Scott Israel I have held my tongue on speaking on anything with regards to the Parkland, Florida shooting. I didn’t want to waste my breath or get people angry and start up an unnecessary debate, but more news has arised in the past couple weeks that got me really frustrated. Now, I am not a military member nor am I a law enforcement officer (although I’ve always wanted to seek this type of career at one point), therefore I can only base this on opinion and what I’ve spoken with friends who have taken on that type of career. It came to my attention by different media outlets that there was at least ONE to FOUR officers who were at the high school while the shooting was taking place yet none of them entered the building immediately. I don’t want to spend so...