It's an epidemic spreading more quickly than the swine flu - everybody everywhere it seems has been infected with an itch to evaluate, critique, and comment on President Obama's first "100 days." And they can't stop scratching it. Is this unfair to the new president? Maybe. We all know the challenges he - and we all - face are going to take more than a few months to address. It does seem a little unfair for a bunch of armchair quarterbacks to be second guessing the guy on the field who's doing his best to keep the ball moving down the field under the worst possible circumstances.
But we hope the president himself is doing a little reflecting on these first "100 days." In fact, we hope he's taking stock of how things are going in order to readjust, recalibrate, and redirect a lot more often than every 100 days.
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"What kind of faith communities and religious organizations do we need in a world where we don’t control the message and don’t have the authority to 'instruct' and 'evaluate' but we do have the opportunity to accompany people and clarify their journey?" - Bob Fisher
Bob Fisher is our special guest on tonight's "4th Tuesday" webinar:
Title: Creating a Web of Relationships
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Cost: Free!
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No matter what you do, you know that a key to your group being effective includes good leadership. Leaders who find ways to operate using renewable practices, help people see what they have in new ways, and actually get something done are rarer than they could be. Some assume that leaders are born and wish more leaders showed up with certain traits in place. But we are seeing that leadership can be caught/taught and that everyone can increase his or her effectiveness as a leader.
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