<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Christian Leaders Embrace the Adaptive Challenge </title> <atom:link href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge</link> <description>The Non-Anxious Leader</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Oct 2023 17:52:15 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <item> <title> By: Gary Fellows </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-19</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Fellows]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:22:19 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-19</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thanks Jack, This tool will help each of us search for our position in life, and the church.. Great stuff...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Jack,<br /> This tool will help each of us search for our position in life, and the church..<br /> Great stuff…</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Christine Kidd </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-18</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Kidd]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:21:23 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-18</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thank you, Jack. Change is difficult but necessary. You've given us a new way to look at it.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Jack. Change is difficult but necessary. You’ve given us a new way to look at it.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Christina Blake </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-17</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Christina Blake]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2016 10:42:08 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-17</guid> <description><![CDATA[Thanks Jack]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Jack</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jack Shitama </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-16</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Shitama]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:24:53 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-16</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-4">Ronald Brown</a>. It is a challenge, RB, to discern what needs to change. However, I believe you would agree it is incumbent upon Jesus followers to do whatever necessary to reach others with God's love and grace. Plus, there are many things that we can focus on that are not as difficult to discern. If many churches would just do that, it would be progress. Adapting the worship style is one. Adapting how we reach out is another. The whole idea of a backpack program for hungry kids is relatively new, but many churches are involved in this type of outreach. There are many things like these two examples that could keep our churches busy until Jesus returns.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-4">Ronald Brown</a>.</p> <p>It is a challenge, RB, to discern what needs to change. However, I believe you would agree it is incumbent upon Jesus followers to do whatever necessary to reach others with God’s love and grace. Plus, there are many things that we can focus on that are not as difficult to discern. If many churches would just do that, it would be progress. Adapting the worship style is one. Adapting how we reach out is another. The whole idea of a backpack program for hungry kids is relatively new, but many churches are involved in this type of outreach. There are many things like these two examples that could keep our churches busy until Jesus returns.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jack Shitama </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-15</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Shitama]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:18:22 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-15</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-5">Rev. Dr. Bernadette Beckett</a>. You may not think you are a leader, but it sounds to me that you are. Also, don't think that you are too old for young adult ministry. The millennial generation really values the wisdom of their elders. An intergenerational small group may be very attractive to young adults.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-5">Rev. Dr. Bernadette Beckett</a>.</p> <p>You may not think you are a leader, but it sounds to me that you are. Also, don’t think that you are too old for young adult ministry. The millennial generation really values the wisdom of their elders. An intergenerational small group may be very attractive to young adults.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jack Shitama </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-14</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Shitama]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:15:34 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-14</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-6">Lisa Jean Hoefner</a>. Blessings on the new endeavor. If we sit around and do nothing, nothing will happen.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-6">Lisa Jean Hoefner</a>.</p> <p>Blessings on the new endeavor. If we sit around and do nothing, nothing will happen.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Jack Shitama </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-13</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack Shitama]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:14:31 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-13</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-8">Jim Ruark</a>. Sounds like new wine to me. Something worth trying, to be sure. My next blog post will be about how to take smaller steps, then make adjustments, to bring effective change.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-8">Jim Ruark</a>.</p> <p>Sounds like new wine to me. Something worth trying, to be sure. My next blog post will be about how to take smaller steps, then make adjustments, to bring effective change.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Michael LaClair </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-12</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael LaClair]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2016 06:10:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-12</guid> <description><![CDATA[We Are not what we were nor are we what we will be. God requires change it is by design.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We Are not what we were nor are we what we will be. God requires change it is by design.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: JenB </title> <link>https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-11</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[JenB]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 18:12:02 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thenonanxiousleader.com/?p=9#comment-11</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-4">Ronald Brown</a>. Seems to me that God can't mold, shape, and fill us when we are inflexible. Our unwillingness to adapt prevents God from working in and through us to love and serve those who need it most.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://thenonanxiousleader.com/christian-leaders-embrace-the-adaptive-challenge/#comment-4">Ronald Brown</a>.</p> <p>Seems to me that God can’t mold, shape, and fill us when we are inflexible. Our unwillingness to adapt prevents God from working in and through us to love and serve those who need it most.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>