Best Takeaways from Day 2 of Global Leadership Summit
Though I had to miss the afternoon sessions, here are the best one-liners from the morning sessions at day 2 of the Global Leadership Summit hosted by the Willow Creek Association:
15 Best One-Liners from Day 1 of Willow Creek Summit
From day 1 of the Willow Creek Association Global Leadership Summit, here are the best 15 lines I took away (one errant tweet made its way into this list):
A Primer on Contemplative Prayer
The Importance of Silence
Be quiet.
It’s one of the strong admonitions of the Psalms:
- Psalm 4:4 – Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.
- Psalm 23:2 – He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
- Psalm 37:7 – Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
- Psalm 46:10 – “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
- Psalm 62:1,5 – For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation..For God alone, O my soul, wait in silence, for my hope is from him.
- Psalm 131:1, 2 – O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.
Prayer from Psalm 42: Have Hope
God, my soul is sad. My heart is hopeless. I’m frowning within and without. But I know the cure. The crack in my heart can be mended by you. The thirst in my throat can be quenched by… Prayer from Psalm 42: Have Hope