Just a Small Brown Patch

potential “brown patches.” One of the biggest challenges of leadership is deciding which issues to focus on. It’s important to distinguish between a chronic complainer and a valid criticism, between a one-time problem and a deeper trend. If you’re not careful, you can exhaust yourself and expend all your leadership on trivial matters. But if you’re not careful, you can also let a small issue turn into a much bigger problem. So take a minute to reflect on your leadership and your ministry. Is there a brown patch that you need to address right now? Do you have a good system for identifying and evaluating potential brown patches? When you realize that something is wrong, do you deal with it in an appropriate way? Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some yard work to do …]]>