Congratulations to the Winner of today's ticket to the Catholic Charities' I-Cubs Game: Judy Schliesman
Featured National Guest: Dr. Owen Phelps, author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus"
Featured National Guest: Joan Anderson author of many books including "Where Miracles Happen"
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Dr. Owen Phelps is the author of "The Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus." After many years writing and managing different publications, Dr. Phelps went to work for the Church. As in all businesses, he asked himself the question of how to maximize productivity. He understands that a good leader builds up their employees and teaches the useful skills. In this manner good leadership will always come back to you.
People look for an answer to the question of "how do I lead?" Leadership is when anyone wants to influence someone else. When looking for the greatest leader of all time, you need look no further than Jesus. Ken Blanchard the author of "Lead Like Jesus" challenged Owen to come up with the Catholic version of his work.
In his first edition of the book, Ken focuses on Jesus as a Servant. Dr. Phelps took it a step further to not only look at Christ as a Servant but also as a Steward. Christ's Father-centered ministry makes him a steward of the Father's love. He never did anything that was not the will of the Father. After reading this, Ken proposed a 3rd "S" in Shepherd. After looking into the teachings on the Good Shepherd, Owen discovered that the need for a shepherd is driven by the sheep each having their own will. The sheep need a leader to ensure that their paths always lead back to green pastures. The Shepherd and the sheep are all tied together through the love of the Father who guides both shepherd and sheep.
Hence the Three S's of Leading like Jesus:
Servant, Steward and Shepherd
Joan Anderson is the author of many books, collecting stories about Angels. Her movement toward becoming an author began with something that happened in her own family. In the late 80's her son, Tim, was driving home for Christmas. Up to this point she'd never specifically asked for the help of her guardian angel or the guardian angels of her children.
Unbeknown to her, her son and his friend broke down on the side of the road in the middle of an Iowa blizzard. Suddenly, there was a tow truck behind them. The bright lights of the truck flooded the area and a man stepped out of the cab asking "Need a tow?"
Later, the family laughed together saying that if the man had been an angel, he hadn't been particularly bright. With a car stuck on the side of the road, what else would they need? More often than not, angels wait for permission to work in our lives.
The tow truck delivered the boys to a place of safety and when they went to thank him, both the man and the tow truck were gone. There was no trucks and no tracks from the truck. Ever since then, Joan has felt the need to share this story again and again. Pretty soon she began to discover similar stories from other people and a 7 book series was born. The books have recently been picked up by Loyola Press and are being revised and re-released. The next book to come out is "Where Miracles Happen"
You can find Joan Anderson on line at: www.joanwanderson.com
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