Follow-ups on Humility & Cultic vs. Servant Leadership.
A couple of quick follow-ups on some recent Blogs.
My latest favorite reference, “The Spirituality & Practice Newsletter” , has a great link to “The Challenges of Humility” which makes a good follow-up to Trevor’s recent post on “Power and Humility.” They suggest a number of practices to develop our humility which include:
The Catholic News Service recently had an article on a talk given by Father Louis Cameli the receipiant of the National Catholic Education Associations John Paul II Seminary Leadership Award. In his talk Father Cameli critiqued the two forms of leadership in the Catholic priesthood, servant leadership versus cultic leadership. (These issues were also discussed in a previous Blog of mine here). The article indicated “one problem with both those widely used models of priesthood is that they do not address the question of a priest's intellectual engagement”. My experience with servant-leadership is that when practiced correctly it is indeed “intellectually engaging”.
Your comments on any of these topics are appreciated.
My latest favorite reference, “The Spirituality & Practice Newsletter” , has a great link to “The Challenges of Humility” which makes a good follow-up to Trevor’s recent post on “Power and Humility.” They suggest a number of practices to develop our humility which include:
- Kneel.
- Consciously get out of the way.
- Don't make a fuss over fame or failure.
- Practice "downward mobility."
- Walk lightly upon the earth.
The Catholic News Service recently had an article on a talk given by Father Louis Cameli the receipiant of the National Catholic Education Associations John Paul II Seminary Leadership Award. In his talk Father Cameli critiqued the two forms of leadership in the Catholic priesthood, servant leadership versus cultic leadership. (These issues were also discussed in a previous Blog of mine here). The article indicated “one problem with both those widely used models of priesthood is that they do not address the question of a priest's intellectual engagement”. My experience with servant-leadership is that when practiced correctly it is indeed “intellectually engaging”.
Your comments on any of these topics are appreciated.
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