Still Learning

I always wonder what I’ll learn from a tour.

As a teacher I learned a great deal from students. On these tours I’m supposed to be a leader, but each year I learn – or re-learn – important lessons from my amazing teammates.

COLORADO MOUNTAIN TOUR 2021 brought together a remarkable team of individuals with a diverse collection of gifts. I got to watch them become friends and come together as a team.

I’m still processing, but one difficult truth became clear to me.

Service and sacrifice are disciplines more readily recommended than practiced.

Jesus reserved some of His harshest criticism for leaders who prescribed burdens they weren’t willing to carry themselves. I don’t want to be one of them.

He and I are talking.

You?

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  1. […] Last time I talked about a lesson re-learned from COLORADO MOUNTAIN TOUR 2021. Paraphrasing a pastor friend: You learn a lot about how a person feels about serving and sacrificing by asking them to serve and sacrifice. […]

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