Oct
08
2008
Kevin Bussey
Mike and I woke up to rain here in NE Atlanta. We had breakfast at the Country Inn and Suites and Mike found a nice surprise in his sausage! Needless to say we both lost our appetite. So we went to Starbucks and then over to the labs.
When we got to the Gwinett Civic Center Robert from Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee saw our Starbucks cups we were in trouble! 
Anyway I dumped my Starbucks Pikes Blend and drank 5 cups of free 1000 hills coffee the rest of the day. 
The labs started off by Mike and I sitting on the front row for Aaron Keyes leading in worship. Man is God all over his ministry. He is one of the most spirit filled worship leaders I’ve ever heard. Then I stayed in my seat to listen to Dr. Tim Elmore speak on leadership. Tim use to work for Dr. John Maxwell before starting his own ministry. I once had lunch with Tim 11 years ago (he wouldn’t remember it) and I’ve always loved his ministry.
He talked about leadership of Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Here are some nuggets from his talk.
- There is not just one right way to lead
- Great leaders will change styles but not principles
- Lasting leaders determine their style by developing people
3 Leadership styles from the Wizard of Oz
- Wicked witch of the West-manipulation
- Wizard- intimidation
- Dorothy- had 2 strikes she was a woman and young-she collected a team of friends and pointed out each of their strengths
The Journey to Dorothy type leadership
- Military Commander (1950’s)- loyalty is demanded (key value)
- CEO (60’s-70’s)- Productivity is the key value
- Entrepreneur (80’s) - innovation was key value
- Leader as coach (90’s) -teamwork is key value
- Poet-Gardner (today)- they grow people and use words to motivate.
This session went so long I missed the 2nd session but I got to meet Michael Harrison and Leif Onies who is
Margaret Feinberg’s husband. Then Mike and I sat on the front row during Margaret’s talk. She is very gifted and talked about her new book The Sacred Echo which she describes when God keeps driving something in your head and life. It is like a verse that you read one day then hear a message on it the next and then someone mentions it to you the next. God is probably telling you something. She said we need to listen for those times He speaks to us. Following her speak, I finally got to meet
Anne Jackson when she walked by. It was great to meet her in person. I also got to see
Bryan Riley. It was great to meet him in person. We are having dinner with Chuck Bryce tomorrow.
Since we were on the front row, we stayed to hear
William P. Young the author of The Shack. I wanted to hear from him myself because I’ve heard so much controversy about the book. His session was great as he talked about Genesis 1-3. He said that a lot of people have trashed his book but have probably never read it. He also said he is not a Universalist as some have suggested. He talked about Adam and Eve and how God’s plan was ruined and that the curse has caused lots of problems for men and women.
Following the labs Mike and I met my friends from Peachtree Corners Chris and Joy Fowler for dinner. It was great to catch up with them. They are so talented as worship leaders and we enjoyed hanging out with them before coming back to our hotel room.
Can’t wait to see Cole Phillips, Stuart Delony and others tomorrow as well as the great speakers and worship.
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Off the subject, but how did you build that list at the bottom of your posts? (the links to digg, etc).
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Kevin,
It is a wordpress plugin.
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OK, who was responsible for praying over the sausage? I think whoever did needs to focus more.
:))