There and Back Again
I wish I could see into the future. Who wouldn’t?
As a Christian leader I need to be able to read the terrain and make decisions and guide people based on what I am seeing. I’m not talking about Biblical prophecy here. I’m talking about regular everday political and socio-economic stuff.
I see a lot of Christian leaders who are good at reacting to what is happening today, but shouldn’t we have been prepared for this? Mike touched on some of this recently.
I think we should be prepared to make decisions based on what might be coming down the pipe. We should prepare those we lead as best we can. We should also be prepared to be wrong.
I’ll tell you what, it isn’t very exciting sifting through the information that gives the best indicators of what’s coming, after all it’s not MTV that puts out this data.
What do I do? I read the occasional book on economics. I keep an eye on what’s going on in countries that most people don’t care to think about. I listen to people around me who know what they’re talking about. I question what I hear and see in the news and weigh it against what I know about people and motives. I downloaded this document yesterday. Boring? Absolutely. Will it help me be a better leader? It might.
