Tremendous Tracey
One More....
What do Milton Hershey, Bob Burg, the Apostle Peter, and Joan of Arc all have in common? They were each one step away from quitting — and didn't. A trolley ride through Hershey, Pennsylvania, sparked this week's blog, and the lesson that came with it is one every leader and follower needs to hear: your breakthrough may be exactly one more away. One more order. One more call. One more cast. One more battle. Read on to find out what happens when you refuse to stop one step too soon.
The Purge: Why Every Leader Needs to Fast
When our pastor called our church body to a five-day fast, I heard God say clearly: you are doing this, and you will finish.
Every solo attempt had failed. But something was different this time — we were doing it as a corporate body.
What I expected was five days of misery. What I got was the most productive, clear-headed, spiritually explosive week of my life.
Arthur Wallis wrote nearly sixty years ago that the body, mind, and spirit are in a constant state of either assimilation or elimination. That's not just biology. That's leadership.
How much of what we consume — information, entertainment, food, noise — is surplus fat? How much is waste we've been too busy to eliminate?
It is spring. It is Easter season. Time to purge.
