Today In History

Today is Saturday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2010. There are 293 days left in the year. A reminder: Daylight-Saving Time begins Sunday at 2 a.m. local time. Clocks go forward one hour.

On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

In 1884, Congress officially adopted Eastern Standard Time for the District of Columbia.

In 1901, the 23rd president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, died in Indianapolis at age 67.

In 1925, the Tennessee General Assembly approved a bill prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution. (Gov. Austin Peay signed the measure on March 21.)

In 1928, hundreds of people died when the San Francisquito Valley in California was inundated with water after the St. Francis Dam burst just before midnight the evening of March 12.

In 1933, banks began to re-open after a “holiday” declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

In 1964, bar manager Catherine “Kitty” Genovese, 28, was stabbed to death near her Queens, N.Y. home; the case generated controversy over the supposed failure of Genovese’s neighbors to respond to her cries for help.

In 1969, the Apollo 9 astronauts splashed down, ending a mission that included the successful testing of the Lunar Module.

In 1980, Ford Motor Chairman Henry Ford II announced he was stepping down, the same day a jury in Winamac, Ind., found Ford Motor Co. innocent of reckless homicide in the fiery deaths of three young women in a Ford Pinto.

In 1988, yielding to student protests, the board of trustees of Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., a liberal arts college for the hearing-impaired, chose I. King Jordan to become the school’s first deaf president.

In 1996, a gunman burst into an elementary school in Dunblane, Scotland, and opened fire, killing 16 children and one teacher before killing himself.

Ten years ago: A quarter century after the end of the Vietnam War, U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen arrived in Hanoi to push the pace of reconciliation.

Five years ago: Pope John Paul II was released from the hospital and returned to his Vatican apartment overlooking St. Peter’s Square. Robert Iger was named to succeed Michael Eisner as chief executive of The Walt Disney Co.

One year ago: President Barack Obama met with former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, chairman of his Economic Recovery Advisory Board; the president then went before reporters to say his administration was working to create a “post-bubble” model for solid economic growth once the recession ended. Death claimed soprano Anne Wiggins Brown, the original Bess in George Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess,” at age 96; actress Betsy Blair at age 85; and Detroit Pistons’ Hall of Fame owner Bill Davidson at age 86. The Philadelphia 76ers played a final game at the Spectrum, their old home, beating Chicago 104-101.

Today’s Birthdays: Jazz musician Roy Haynes is 85. Country singer Jan Howard is 80. Songwriter Mike Stoller is 77. Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka is 71. Actor William H. Macy is 60. Actress Deborah Raffin is 57. Comedian Robin Duke is 56. Actress Glenne Headly is 55. Actress Dana Delany is 54. Rock musician Adam Clayton (U2) is 50. Jazz musician Terence Blanchard is 48. Actor Christopher Collet is 42. Rock musician Matt McDonough (Mudvayne) is 41. Actress Annabeth Gish is 39. Actress Tracy Wells is 39. Rapper-actor Common is 38. Rapper Khujo (Goodie Mob, The Lumberjacks) is 38. Singer Glenn Lewis is 35. Actor Danny Masterson is 34. Actor Emile Hirsch is 25. Singers Nicole and Natalie Albino (Nina Sky) are 24.

Thought for Today: “I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.” — Susan B. Anthony, American feminist (1820-1906). (AP)

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POLICE HAVE SAID “NO” to controversial Jamaican dancehall artistes Vybz Kartel and Movado.
The Barbados Youth Action Programme, a Government affiliate under the chairmanship of Member of Parliament Hamilton Lashley, has scheduled performances of the Jamaican duo for a reggae show on March 27 at the Midway House carpark, Bay Street, The City.

However, Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin said the force was concerned about the negativity associated with both entertainers.

“The force views this matter with concern. We have been following the developments in Jamaica in relation to these artistes and it seems clear to us that their performances seemed to be a motivation for violence,” he told the WEEKEND NATION yesterday.

Noting that the force did not have the authority to ban artistes wishing to perform in Barbados, given the provisions of the CARICOM Treaty on freedom of movement, Dottin urged the organisers to “look again”.
His comments came against the backdrop of organisers stating that the show was not to acquire financial reward alone, but to use the popularity of the two dancehall artistes to “put at bay some of the violence that is plaguing our society”.

“Movado and Vybz Kartel think it crucial that they join forces to clear any misconception that their music is anything other than what it was intended to be, that is, entertainment, and instead bring a concept of love and unity and the importance of a need to show respect for authority . . . ,” a letter to police stated.
It also spoke of arranging group sessions with students of various secondary schools as part of a social intervention strategy.

But Dottin said there were many other alternatives that could be pursued instead of the two artistes.
“Our crime analysts have been looking at the impact of these artistes on the youth of Barbados, drawing attention to the violent lyrics and the disrespect for women.

“I’ve had some calls and I questioned whether there are not different methods that we can use to reach the young people in Barbados; whether these are the correct role models. We have a number of role models [who]

can reach out to our students to teach them to be productive and responsible citizens,” the top lawman said.
He also said the force was very busy and not in a position to police a show of such magnitude.

In Jamaica, there have been violent gang clashes between groups supporting the two dancehall artistes.
The Jamaica Gleaner newspaper described the controversy between the entertainers as fuelling a “clannish divide” in various segments of that society.
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by CHERYL HAREWOOD

SINCE in the absence of a proper protocol the reporting of child abuse is left to chance, there is a need for a national child abuse protocol for the prevention, reporting and management of child abuse in Barbados.
So says attorney/consultant Jacqueline Sealy-Burke, who has provided Government with a draft copy of a child abuse protocol. She has also called for the establishment of a special Child Care/Protection Act.
During a one-day national consultation meeting at Hilton Barbados yesterday, Sealy-Burke told stakeholders that a national child abuse protocol was necessary in order to inform and educate the community on how reports of abuse must be handled; to ensure consistency in the way that cases are dealt with; to strengthen and clarify relationships between child abuse response agencies, and to establish standards for points, methods and purposes of contact between relevant authorities.
She further noted that having a protocol in place would also reduce trauma to children by improving inter-agency coordination, and define the roles and responsibilities of professionals – such as doctors, police and teachers – when dealing with child abuse cases.
Sealy-Burke, a strong advocate of children’s rights, further disclosed that by describing the roles and responsibilities of these professionals; defining the steps and time frame for each stage; as well as by informing the public on what would happen when alleged abuse is reported, Government would be in a better position to improve responses to child abuse.
In her draft protocol, an initiative funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to enhance the status of child protection in Barbados, Sealy-Burke said the Child Care Board, school officials, medical professionals and the police would be guided by the coordinated and integrated approach to child abuse investigation and management promoted by the protocol.
“Partnerships would be expanded to more effectively meet the needs of children, families and communities.
“This type of multidisciplinary approach to the prevention and management of child abuse is widely recognised as the most effective way of handling child protection cases,” she added.
Sealy-Burke said foundation principles for a protocol included the right of children to live lives free from abuse and neglect, and treatment and support resources for victims, their families and offenders.
She also noted that child abuse and neglect were serious social problems with short and long-term implications for victims, their families and society as a whole.
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Today in History

Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2010. There are 295 days left in the year.

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko.

In 1810, French Emperor Napoleon I was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

In 1861, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted during a convention in Montgomery, Ala.

In 1888, the famous Blizzard of ‘88 began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1930, former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis.

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2 1/2 years later.)

In 1959, the Lorraine Hansberry drama “A Raisin in the Sun” opened at New York’s Ethel Barrymore Theater.

In 1965, the Reverend James J. Reeb, a white minister from Boston, died after being beaten by whites during civil rights disturbances in Selma, Ala.

In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 2004, 10 bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.

Ten years ago: Ricardo Lagos was sworn in as president of Chile, the second socialist to take the post since Salvador Allende was killed in a 1973 coup.

Five years ago: A judge, court reporter and sheriff’s deputy were shot and killed at an Atlanta courthouse; Brian Nichols, suspected of killing them and a federal agent, surrendered a day later at the apartment of a woman he’d taken hostage, Ashley Smith. (Nichols was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.)

One year ago: President Barack Obama signed a $410 billion spending package to keep the government running through Sept. 2009, even as he called it “imperfect” because of the number of earmarks it contained. A German teenager, Tim Kretschmer, went on a shooting rampage starting at a school in Winnenden, killing 15 people before committing suicide.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Terence Alexander is 87. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 79. ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 76. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is 74. Musician Flaco Jimenez (FLAH’-koh hee-MEH’-nez) is 71. Actress Tricia O’Neil is 65. Actor Mark Metcalf is 64. Rock singer-musician Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) is 63. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 60. Movie director Jerry Zucker is 60. Actress Susan Richardson is 58. Recording executive Jimmy Iovine is 57. Singer Nina Hagen is 55. Country singer Jimmy Fortune (The Statler Brothers) is 55. Singer Cheryl Lynn is 53. Actor Jeffrey Nordling is 48. Actress Alex Kingston is 47. Country musician David Talbot is 47. Actor Wallace Langham is 45. Actor John Barrowman is 43. Singer Lisa Loeb is 42. Singer Pete Droge is 41. Actor Terrence Howard is 41. Rock musician Rami Jaffee is 41. Actor Johnny Knoxville is 39. Rock singer-musicians Benji and Joel Madden (Good Charlotte) are 31. Actor David Anders is 29. Singer LeToya is 29. Actress Thora Birch is 28. Actor Rob Brown is 26. Actor Anton Yelchin is 21.

Thought for Today: “Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.” — David McCullough, American historian. (AP)

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Today in History

Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2010. There are 295 days left in the year.

On March 11, 1985, Mikhail S. Gorbachev was chosen to succeed the late Soviet President Konstantin U. Chernenko.

In 1810, French Emperor Napoleon I was married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria.

In 1861, the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted during a convention in Montgomery, Ala.

In 1888, the famous Blizzard of ‘88 began inundating the northeastern United States, resulting in some 400 deaths.

In 1930, former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis.

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia. (MacArthur, who subsequently vowed, “I shall return,” kept that promise more than 2 1/2 years later.)

In 1959, the Lorraine Hansberry drama “A Raisin in the Sun” opened at New York’s Ethel Barrymore Theater.

In 1965, the Reverend James J. Reeb, a white minister from Boston, died after being beaten by whites during civil rights disturbances in Selma, Ala.

In 1977, more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were freed after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined the negotiations.

In 2004, 10 bombs exploded in quick succession across the commuter rail network in Madrid, Spain, killing 191 people and wounding more than 2,000 in an attack linked to al-Qaida-inspired militants.

Ten years ago: Ricardo Lagos was sworn in as president of Chile, the second socialist to take the post since Salvador Allende was killed in a 1973 coup.

Five years ago: A judge, court reporter and sheriff’s deputy were shot and killed at an Atlanta courthouse; Brian Nichols, suspected of killing them and a federal agent, surrendered a day later at the apartment of a woman he’d taken hostage, Ashley Smith. (Nichols was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.)

One year ago: President Barack Obama signed a $410 billion spending package to keep the government running through Sept. 2009, even as he called it “imperfect” because of the number of earmarks it contained. A German teenager, Tim Kretschmer, went on a shooting rampage starting at a school in Winnenden, killing 15 people before committing suicide.

Today’s Birthdays: Actor Terence Alexander is 87. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 79. ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 76. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is 74. Musician Flaco Jimenez (FLAH’-koh hee-MEH’-nez) is 71. Actress Tricia O’Neil is 65. Actor Mark Metcalf is 64. Rock singer-musician Mark Stein (Vanilla Fudge) is 63. Singer Bobby McFerrin is 60. Movie director Jerry Zucker is 60. Actress Susan Richardson is 58. Recording executive Jimmy Iovine is 57. Singer Nina Hagen is 55. Country singer Jimmy Fortune (The Statler Brothers) is 55. Singer Cheryl Lynn is 53. Actor Jeffrey Nordling is 48. Actress Alex Kingston is 47. Country musician David Talbot is 47. Actor Wallace Langham is 45. Actor John Barrowman is 43. Singer Lisa Loeb is 42. Singer Pete Droge is 41. Actor Terrence Howard is 41. Rock musician Rami Jaffee is 41. Actor Johnny Knoxville is 39. Rock singer-musicians Benji and Joel Madden (Good Charlotte) are 31. Actor David Anders is 29. Singer LeToya is 29. Actress Thora Birch is 28. Actor Rob Brown is 26. Actor Anton Yelchin is 21.

Thought for Today: “Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.” — David McCullough, American historian. (AP)

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Lohan Sues For $100m Over Baby Ad ‘Likeness’

9:30pm UK, Tuesday March 09, 2010

Lindsay Lohan is suing an online share trading company for $100m (about £66m), claiming one of their adverts features a baby modelled on her.
The E*Trade advert first ran during the Super Bowl in early February
In a lawsuit filed in Nassau County, New York state, the actress accuses E*Trade of invoking her “name, characterisation and personality” without permission.
The firm’s advert features a “milkaholic” baby named Lindsay, who is part of a love triangle.
It first ran during America’s Super Bowl broadcast on February 7 and can now be found in blogs and on YouTube.
According to court papers accessed by TMZ, Lohan is demanding the advert stops running as part of her claim.
The celebrity news website quoted Lohan’s lawyer as saying it did not matter that her surname was not used.
“Do you know the name Oprah? Do you know the name Madonna? Same thing,” Stephanie Ovadia said.
The lawsuit claims that using Lohan’s likeness without her consent is a “violation of her right to privacy”.
The former Disney child star – who admitted to drink driving and cocaine possession in 2007 – is seeking some £33m in compensatory damages and £33m in exemplary damages
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Woman Survives 3,000ft Horror Parachute Fall

5:06pm UK, Tuesday March 09, 2010
A skydiver has survived plunging 3,000ft to the ground after a parachute jump went disastrously wrong.
Lareece Butler, 26, suffered only bruises, a broken leg and concussion when she slammed into the ground, entangled in her chute.
The parachute was attached to the plane by a static line and was supposed to open after she leapt from the aircraft.
But instead, Miss Butler became caught up in the lines, spiralling to Earth as her terrified boyfriend looked helplessly on.
Doctors said her survival was “nothing but divine intervention, nothing short of a miracle”.
She is in a stable but serious condition in hospital following the incident in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Joos Vos, the manager of the EP Skydiving Club, said: “She was trained in all facets she needed to enjoy and perform a safe static line jump.
“Lareece exited the aircraft at 3,000ft (about 1,000m) performing a static line jump in an unstable body position which resulted in an entanglement of the main parachute with her harness.”
Family members told South African media Miss Butler was pushed out of the aircraft after refusing to jump – a claim rejected by the club.
Mr Vos said Miss Butler, who was an inexperienced skydiver, did not release her emergency parachute as she had been trained to do.
An investigation has been launched
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Today in History

Today is Wednesday, March 10, the 69th day of 2010. There are 296 days left in the year.

On March 10, 1876, the first successful voice transmission over Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone took place in Boston as his assistant heard Bell say, “Mr. Watson — come here — I want to see you.”

In 1496, Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain.

In 1785, Thomas Jefferson was appointed America’s minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin.

In 1848, the Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.

In 1880, the Salvation Army arrived in the United States from England.

In 1910, luggage maker Samsonite Corp. had its beginnings as the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Co. was founded in Denver by Jesse Shwayder.

In 1948, the body of the anti-Communist foreign minister of Czechoslovakia, Jan Masaryk, was found in the garden of Czernin Palace in Prague.

In 1949, Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as “Axis Sally,” was convicted in Washington, D.C. of treason. (She served 12 years in prison.)

In 1969, James Earl Ray pleaded guilty in Memphis, Tenn., to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.)

In 1980, “Scarsdale Diet” author Dr. Herman Tarnower was shot to death at his home in Purchase, N.Y. (Tarnower’s former lover, Jean Harris, was convicted of his murder; she served nearly 12 years in prison before being released in January 1993.)

In 1985, Konstantin U. Chernenko, who was the Soviet Union’s leader for just 13 months, died at age 73.

Ten years ago: Pope John Paul II approved sainthood for Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia socialite who had taken a vow of poverty and devoted her fortune to helping poor blacks and American Indians. (Drexel, who died in 1955, was canonized in Oct. 2000.)

Five years ago: Lebanon’s president reappointed staunchly pro-Syrian politician Omar Karami as prime minister. A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Mosul, Iraq, killing at least 47 people. Former President Bill Clinton underwent surgery in New York to remove scar tissue and fluid from his chest. Michael Jackson, clad in pajamas and walking gingerly, arrived one hour late to his child molestation trial after the judge threatened to have him arrested him for tardiness; a back injury was blamed. (Jackson was acquitted.)

One year ago: A gunman, 28-year-old Michael McLendon, killed 10 people, including his mother, four other relatives and the wife and child of a local sheriff’s deputy across two rural Alabama counties before committing suicide. In his first major speech on education, President Barack Obama called for tying teachers’ pay to student performance and expanding innovative charter schools.

Today’s Birthdays: Talk show host Ralph Emery is 77. Bluegrass/country singer-musician Norman Blake is 72. Actor Chuck Norris is 70. Playwright David Rabe is 70. Singer Dean Torrence (Jan and Dean) is 70. Actress Katharine Houghton is 65. Rock musician Tom Scholz (Boston) is 63. Former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell is 63. Producer-director-writer Paul Haggis is 57. Alt-country/rock musician Gary Louris is 55. Actress Shannon Tweed is 53. Pop/jazz singer Jeanie Bryson is 52. Actress Sharon Stone is 52. Rock musician Gail Greenwood is 50. Magician Lance Burton is 50. Actress Jasmine Guy is 48. Rock musician Jeff Ament (Pearl Jam) is 47. Music producer Rick Rubin is 47. Britain’s Prince Edward is 46. Actor Stephen Mailer is 44. Actress Paget Brewster is 41. Actor Jon Hamm (TV: “Mad Men”) is 39. Country singer Daryle Singletary is 39. Rapper-producer Timbaland is 38. Actor Cristian (kris-tee-AHN’) de la Fuente is 36. Rock musician Jerry Horton (Papa Roach) is 35. Actor Jeff Branson is 33. Singer Robin Thicke is 33. Actress Bree Turner is 33. Olympic gold-medal gymnast Shannon Miller is 33. Contemporary Christian singer Michael Barnes (Red) is 31. Country singer Carrie Underwood is 27. Actress Emily Osment is 18.

Thought for Today: “Show me a man who claims he is objective and I’ll show you a man with illusions.” — Henry R. Luce, American magazine publisher (1898-1967). (AP)

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Leadership is about making dreams happen

Titus 1:7-9: 7Since an overseer is entrusted with God’s work, he must be blameless—not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. 8Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. 9He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. (New International Version)

As I come to an end of my time as CEO of Bible Society New Zealand I am finding myself thinking a lot about my leadership. I absolutely love being a leader!! I love being able to inspire others towards the fulfilment of a dream. To see people realise that more is possible, that a mundane reality is not permanent and that they can truly be great. And under Jesus all things are possible!! Why not dream big? Why limit God?

It is essential to have dreams, big dreams, but even more important than this is the ability to make those dreams a reality. And this is leadership – the ability to make a dream a reality.

And a massive part of leadership is seeing our work as God’s work. And from this flows an awesome responsibility as a Christian leader (or a leader who is Christian) Titus lays the challenge out, to be blameless, not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. At the root of these is the leader abusing their power, taking their authority and using it for personal gain. Whereas Godly leadership isn’t focused on what the leader can get, but what the leader can give. As Paul shares in Titus, a leader must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined. These are qualities that positively affect others, are thoughtful towards others, not about me gaining anything but about you realising your dream.

And this is achieved through holding firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, to knowing the Bible intimately. Wow!!

Praise God for this awesome reading!

God bless

Mark Brown

Titus 1:15-16 15 Everything is pure to those whose hearts are pure. But nothing is pure to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, because their minds and consciences are corrupted. 16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good. (New Living Translation)

I am still thinking about leadership. For me leadership isn’t a position but who I am, so as a wonderful friend pointed out to me, when I finish as CEO I will still be a leader and God will still use me. Real leadership comes from God calling and equipping, not the position they are in, and the ideal is to match the two, so that our leaders are people who have a genuine calling to leadership.

And as a leader I am very conscious about how to best influence people around me. I have a dream to see the church come alive, for people to intimately know Christ, to be transformed into more of what God intended them to be, to be living their lives full on for Jesus!

And as leadership is the ability to make this dream a reality, how then do I make this a reality?

One significant way comes from the Titus reading: I live my life in such a way as to inspire and encourage those around me toward fulfilling that dream. What I say, what I share here on this blog are important, but what I do, how I live my life is way more important. For the decisions I take in how I interact with my wife, my children, how I treat a complete stranger, or what I do when no one is looking, that is when my heart is revealed.

The challenge of leadership for me is that as a leader I can become almost manufactured, a careful construction of what I think others want to see. And so things are said which aren’t backed up with how I live my life. This is in part, why I believe as a leader I need to be more real, to honestly share that I am working away at issues, dealing with sin just like everyone else. I don’t want to be some sort of manufactured leader, but to be me. And that will do for one major reason – I am called by God to be a leader!

Praise God!

Mark Brown