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Leading Straight in Crooked Times

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03/08/2010
By Cavanagh, Ken

Tourists love the Tower of Pisa: 16,000 tons of marble leaning precariously enough that you might think twice before walking beneath its shadow. The good news is that since 2008, those in the know have declared that the tower has stopped shifting for the first time in its history, thanks to years of stabilization work.

A life that's bent is not quite so amusing. I've been chewing on this as we prepare for our next teaching series, this one through the apostle Paul's leader coaching letter to Titus. Titus was called to lead God's people on the Mediterranean island nation of Crete. Crete was a bent place. Its residents were legendary for their immorality, dishonesty, laziness and gluttony. Bent.

They needed leaders who were straight and true. Titus was just such a man, and in turn was called to find and appoint leaders of similarly straight character to lead well. They would be challenged for sure. But it was through them, tried and true leaders, that God's stabilization work would advance.

If you are a leader or aspire to leadership, I hope you join us for this dig into what it looks like and how great the need is for those who will lead straight in crooked times.

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