Seeing a new movement planted and growing makes me think of...

what I desire probably most out of this year. I am not sure if I even have correct motives in wanting to see the Lord do this. I just know I really want to see the Lord plant a new movement which will continue to grow and seek Him after I am not involved. I think my motives may be selfish in desiring this because I think I would be able to have a sense of accomplishment even though for this to take place it would totally be the work of the Lord. Which is funny to say, but I guess I would feel accomplishment in what the Lord had done. If I am wrong in this feel free to correct me. ~danny

Because my life is a role model to other students, I am committed to...

seeking the Lord with everything. I truly believe that if students learn nothing from me other than to seek and love the Lord it is okay. I think this may be one of the greatest things the Lord taught me last year through a variety of sources. We are called above everything else to seek Him, and from that the rest follows. So I am committed to teaching students to really seek out His face and ask hard questions of Him, knowing they will not be ignored. Our God is always ready and willing to meet us in the cleft if we are willing to experience the path set before us, if I may borrow the cliche from the song. ~ danny

Leadership is....

Leadership is tough, I think that this is a very difficult ability to cultivate and do well. This falls into the category of my last post about echoing Paul in saying do as I do. I think leadership is all about leading by example, and that means telling people if you need an example of how to do something watch me do it. I also have this book written by a friend of the family on the character of leadership. It talks about nine qualities of a leader, and others have defined leadership with other characteristics. I believe that true leadership is consistently striving to be like Christ and moving forward in those strivings. This sounds somewhat like a Sunday School answer, but I think that truly Jesus was the only true leader. He lead men of ignoble birth to be great men of God. So I think this question reverts back to whether or not you can say follow me as I follow Christ. ~danny

Paul said to "follow me as I follow Christ" and when I think about asking a student to follow me as I follow Christ, I ...

I would be terrified to say this to someone. I have been processing something similiar to this on my own for part of the Summer. I was talking to Nicole and we were discussing our sin, and I told her that I have never had a problem recognizing my own depravity and sinfullness. Today, actually, I was talking to Will about this same thing and told him that I have always struggled with giving myself grace in knowing how much evil and capacity for evil are within myself. So to have someone do as I do, or watch me to see how to live there life like Christ is terrifying to me. ~danny