Leadership Reflections April 2010

Just a few miscellaenous storylines running through my head... and a few blogs... related to leadership:

• Jarome Iginla (captain of the Calgary Flames) - he could just dive in a hole and avoid the media, as apparently teammate Craig Conroy wishes he would, be he comes out every day and answer the call with the media. Whether its questions about how poorly he's playing, why the team cannot win when they desperately need to, of if he's even going to be a member of the Calgary Flames next year, he just keeps answering the questions. He's the leader. He's been given (and earned) the "C" and so that's his job he believes. He doesn't complain about being in a Canadian market and admits he loves being in a hockey-crazy city where the hockey team is the topic of the day. Good on ya, Jarome! Way to step up and be a leader even when its tough.
• John Piper's upcoming leave - although its been reflected upon plenty in the last week, just want to express my appreciation to Pastor Piper for his godly example in realizing that something is amiss and taking necessary steps to deal with the soul concerns. BTW, equal kudos to their church elders for giving him a paid leave, even though Pastor Piper suggested he not be paid for this leave. Oh yeah, and again, good job by John Piper for inviting Rick Warren to speak at the next "Desiring God" conference.
• I just gotta say: my heart is blessed reading the blog of Pastor Mark Batterson and the National Community Church in Washington, DC. Though I do not even pretend to understand American politics, I believe God may be doing something in Washington, DC when His Church is so keenly alive. No, I don't know what... how... but God is still moving in that city through His people.