Yesterday I spoke of a challenge from a leadership conference I attended this past week. The speaker challenged me to identify my "Holy Discontent." The speaker said that leader's should have a Holy discontent on anything that is destructive or an expression of injustice. We should be discontented with this attitude of just letting it go because "that's the way it is. "That's not how it has to be. And while not every heartfelt need should turn into a calling there is one area of"Holy Discontent" that will be your particular leading. It will cause you anxiety, it will cause you pain, it will take an investment of your life. Most of us medicate that by going to see a movie, or shopping, or a game. We are overly entertaunderachievershallenged.
Hybels said that whatever it is that causes this "holy discontent", don't run from it but feed it, make a difference.

Another speaker spoke about laying down your identity, material possessions and influence and related a story about Moses laying down his staff. We to also are challenged to lay down these things as well.

The Second Day was filled with very challeging messages as well.

Bill Hybels interviewed best-selling author Ken Blanchard today. What's cool is that Hybels was instrumental in Blanchard coming to faith in Christ. Blanchard said that one instinctuals instumental in his thinking process. Bill Hybels explained, "Religion is spelled 'do' and Christianity is spelled 'done." Religion is about what you can do for God. Christianity is about what God has done for you. That takes the pressure off.

A couple of other quotes on leadership that stood out to me:

"People will not go along with you if they cannot get along with you."
"Leaders should always be out of their comfort zone; but never out of their gift zone."
"Leadership is influence. Nothing more. Nothing less."

Leaders, at the Chapel, we will be taking a bigger group then one tconferencers conferance.