We had a several hour workshop this afternoon with Dr. Lori O'Dea on Transformational Leadership. It was excellent. I've heard her speak before and appreciate her insight so much. I'm glad to share it here with you for all of you friends who couldn't come to the conference. This is not every single thing she said (I have about 10 pages of notes) but I am going to try to condense. The whole thing was based on I and II Timothy. Here we go: Real change will not occur without the presence of women. Paul never "hedges" in his encouragement to Timothy...always communicates, "you can do it!" There are options in ministry. And, God has NO LIMITS! There are obstacles already in ministry -- don't add more! Stop negative self talk. Transformational leadership occurs when people and organizations are changed in form and character to reflect the nature of Christ and the church. "Our transformation is never for ourselves alone. It is always for the
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