Tim King Leadership

Christian Leaders and their time. When my children were growing up -and in the days of VHS- they would love to watch the Disney movie "Alice in Wonderland" The opening scenes of the white rabbit running and looking at his watch crying out "I'm late! I'm late! I'm late, for a very important date!" would make my children smile with glee and anticipation as they prepared themselves for what would happen next. This got me thinking this week at how many young Christian leaders I come across who are late for things and also seem to bogged down with work with no end in sight to different projects. They spend their time running around like the white rabbit, crying they don't have enough time. I have just as much time as they do; 24 hours in a day.   There are two areas that I have always been very good at; Letting my yes be yes and my no mean no and also the fact that I always like to get to my next appointment at least 10 minutes before d...

Christian Leadership in real time. This winter I am determined to do a rabbit stew, I have never done one before but it is what my grandmother used to call real food. When I think about those long cold winters evenings, I think of food that warms you and fills you up, it satisfies you and gives you a glowing feeling of contentment. This is what the idea of rabbit stew does for me. In my last blog I looked at why so many young Christian leaders lament the fact that they don't seem to have enough time. I proposed two simple rules; Rule One: Let your yes be yes and your no mean no. This will help release time and also empower others to do the work for you. Now we come to the second rule, Rule Two: Learning the difference between watching the time and real time. When I was in business I would watch as we came to the end of the day as people began to wind there work day down and the nearer it got to 5.00pm the more they would glance at their watches. All day they ...