Comments on: The Way of The Shepherd http://randywray.com/2009/01/29/the-way-of-the-shepherd/ Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:55:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cwinwc http://randywray.com/2009/01/29/the-way-of-the-shepherd/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 cwinwc Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:43:34 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=994#comment-5042 "Great leadership is a lifestyle, not a technique. Every day you have to decide who’s going to pay for your leadership – you or your people. Most of all, have a heart for your people. " I agree - great points. Can I come? “Great leadership is a lifestyle, not a technique.
Every day you have to decide who’s going to pay for your leadership – you or your people.
Most of all, have a heart for your people. ”

I agree – great points. Can I come?

]]> By: l.marie.d http://randywray.com/2009/01/29/the-way-of-the-shepherd/comment-page-1/#comment-5041 l.marie.d Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:49:02 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=994#comment-5041 i too am not sure about the 'Discover the Shape of your Sheep'. fiction has an incredible power to tell and reveal truth; some just are better at it than others. there is of course, creative non-fiction. either way: you find a truth you want to impart and structure the narrative around it; even reverse engineer it if needed. so you have some principles, you find a metaphor set, apply, and voile. make sure you have some segues, maybe throw in a couple devices like an anecdote or epitaph and your good. i only hope they had enough respect for their audience not to write it at a third grade level. can i find this part discomfiting "Every day you have to decide who’s going to pay for your leadership – you or your people."? i too am not sure about the ‘Discover the Shape of your Sheep’.

fiction has an incredible power to tell and reveal truth; some just are better at it than others.

there is of course, creative non-fiction.

either way: you find a truth you want to impart and structure the narrative around it; even reverse engineer it if needed. so you have some principles, you find a metaphor set, apply, and voile. make sure you have some segues, maybe throw in a couple devices like an anecdote or epitaph and your good.

i only hope they had enough respect for their audience not to write it at a third grade level.

can i find this part discomfiting “Every day you have to decide who’s going to pay for your leadership – you or your people.”?

]]> By: Stoogelover http://randywray.com/2009/01/29/the-way-of-the-shepherd/comment-page-1/#comment-5040 Stoogelover Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:26:20 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=994#comment-5040 You know I'm the ever-positive one, but I can't tell you how many leadership retreats I've attended and pulled together for elders only to find when all is said and done we keep doing the same things the same way. You know I’m the ever-positive one, but I can’t tell you how many leadership retreats I’ve attended and pulled together for elders only to find when all is said and done we keep doing the same things the same way.

]]> By: wfma http://randywray.com/2009/01/29/the-way-of-the-shepherd/comment-page-1/#comment-5039 wfma Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:24:41 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=994#comment-5039 I don't even know how to react to Discover the Shape of your Sheep. I don’t even know how to react to Discover the Shape of your Sheep.

]]> By: Stoogelover http://randywray.com/2009/01/29/the-way-of-the-shepherd/comment-page-1/#comment-5038 Stoogelover Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:00:56 +0000 http://www.randywray.com/?p=994#comment-5038 Getting over the style to absorb the substance ... sort of like being a friend to me, isn't it?! Getting over the style to absorb the substance … sort of like being a friend to me, isn’t it?!

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