Leadership in a facebook, youtube, txt world

Our Friday afternoon Bible class had a few people absent and so the few students that were present shared some of their favorite youtube videos. After doing so and chatting about the different videos - mainly the students informing me how they found them and why they find them interesting, we had some discussion of how the world they live in (and don't know otherwise) of facebook, youtube and texting will impact their worldview. If someone doesn't answer a txt message or respond to a facebook post within two days, you wonder if they died... or at least if their phone and computer have crashed. Then how does this relate to the concept in the Bible of "wait on the Lord." Baby Boomers and even moreso Generation X were accused of being a "microwave generation" who expected everything instantaneously, yet how will the post-millenials view God, time, concepts like patience, waiting on God?

A few weeks ago, I blogged about Leadership and Momentum. Likewise, what will leadership look like in a facebook, youtube and txt saturated world? Will concepts like "sober second thought" or "due diligence" or "processing time" in regards to a decision become obsolete? Will the expected urgency of a response result in organizations responded well to inquiries or will it result in companies replying one way and then 48 hours later changing their decision (and then potentially 48 hours later responding yet another way)?

I welcome your perspective.

There's a new #2

Yes, there is a new #2 personal favourite event in the RDAC as a result of this past weekend. The PCA Sabres girls basketball team won the 2A Provincial title on home court Saturday night by defeating the top-ranked and 3-time defending champion Immanual Christian Eagles 78-70. It was a great game to be at the scoretable and running the clock for and the RDAC was packed and loud and noisy - and so it should be. It was the kind of evening the person the building is named after (Rick Down) would have just loved! And he would have been one of the loudest cheering!

Of course, if this is "the new #2" you probably want to know what my previous favorite events, now #3 and #4 at the RDAC were (if you don't you can stop reading now!).

Event #3 was the 1999 2A High School Boys Zone Final between the PHS (now PCA) Sabres and Siksika First Nation. The Sabres guys were the favorite to go to provincials and win it all - which they did. No one had heard anything really about the Siksika First Nation guys team until the zone tournament and didn't who or what to expect. It was a crazy game, played on half-court in the RDAC and early on the Sabres star guard, Ryan Reed, got pushed towards the scoretable and pretty much landed on my lap (I did not recall this part of the event until my in-laws brought it up this weekend as we were reminiscing). Siksika guard Troy Wolf Leg matched Reed shot for shot and their other players found ways to match the other Sabres score for score. The Sabres won 108-100 in regulation time. No, that is not a typo - 208 points in a 40 minute high school basketball game. The teams went back and forth and it was intense the whole way. Between the many Sabres fans and the boisterous crew from Siksika with their traditional drums, it was loud! I believe that was the most challenge the Sabres got on their way to the provincial title.

Event #4 was the first playoff game between the PBC Pilots and the Grant MacEwan College Griffins. Grant Mac was ranked first in the north and the Pilots had claimed fourth in the south by virtue of beating out Medicine Hat College and Briercrest College. It was the one and only time a Pilots team made the playoffs in ACAC and it was a foregone conclusion that the best-of-3 series would be a two game slaughter, and thus the first game was in Three Hills on a Thursday night before they headed back to Edmonton for game #2 on Friday night (and game # 3 if necessary, ha! ha!).

Well, the Lady Pilots forgot to read the memo... and they came out and shot the lights out. I think Deb Krause (now Adams) hit five three's in the first half alone and another two in the second half. When they weren't raining down 3's, Mary Fehr (now Amendt) was cutting in from the point guard position and dishing it off to any of her teammates for an easy two. The possibility of a great upset got greater and greater as the Pilots hung on and only fizzled in the closing moments as Grant MacEwan won 64-61. (They beat the Pilots by 50 points the next night to win the series).

By the way, if you want to know my favorite event at the RDAC (#1)... just leave a comment and ask!

Blessings surrounding 2A Girls Provincials at PCA

Its only day 1 of the ASAA 2A Girls Provincial basketball championships being hosted here in Three Hills by Prairie Christian Academy. Already, I have reflected on a handful of blessings and the weekend has barely started...

1) This morning after the opening ceremonies, I had a visit with Sean Stetson, a former student at Prairie Bible College who now works with NBC Camps in Spokane, Washington. He played Pilots basketball for four years and was a great kid coming out of high school and continues to be a great and God-honouring young man. I found out he is speaking tonight at the boys 2A provincial basketball championships banquet as he is an alumnus of Didsbury High School, the host for guys tournament. That's pretty cool... and I hope our Sabres guys listen to him well!

He also is married and he and his wife also have a 3 year old and a 1 year old (two boys)... like Sarah and I (though we have a boy & girl).

2) I've been wondering if this weekend will make in any way break into my top three RDAC moments... and I doubt it... though it could make a good #4 towards a top 5 list! Does anyone want to guess my top 3 RDAC moments so far...

I'll post them up tomorrow or Saturday! Those moments and the people involved represent more of the blessings God has showered on me. (And I'm much more thankful for them than I was for the fresh snow showers this morning!)

GO SABRES GO!

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