Every person and organization goes through a period of transition. We are facing one in the organization I serve. As part of that pending transition, I have been nominated as one of three candidates to lead the next chapter in our district’s story. What is different about our election process is that it is nothing like the last presidential campaign, thank goodness. There may be a temptation to go out and campaign and gather a following. We don’t get to design yard signs and cool campaign buttons. Nor do we come up with catchy campaign slogans like, “In your Heart, you Know he’s Right.” – Barry Goldwater. Or Jimmy Carter’s, “Not just Peanuts.”
But that is not how our process works. It is not about catchy slogans or impossible promises of prosperity, nor is it a popularity contest.
Like a congregation calling its next Shepherd, it is a process…
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