Input, Stephanie!

[qos]

I'm writing in haste this morning, and don't have time to get my thoughts down in a coherent fashion, so I'm going to shamelessly ask all of you for your thoughts and observations, so I can read my email and get more grist* for my inner mill/black box:

What does it mean to you to "serve"? Does rephrasing to "serve in a spiritual sense" make a difference in your answer?

How do you use your gifts to serve?

What does servant leadership look like to you?

Given what you know of me, in what ways can you imagine me using my gifts to serve? (If you can imagine such a thing at all. . . )


* Yes, poliphilo, I do hope you will contribute your wisdom. ;-)

Comments

[toesontheground.livejournal.com]

I have no idea!

The closest I can get is the notion of stepping back from my own purely self-centered interests and asking (often of course it's pretty intuitive/vague) what is the "bigger" thing to do here? What does compassionate but strong God ask of me here? Love others as myself love God. Yeah. Maybe don't rely on thinking too much for your answers, it's also an intuition and heart thing.

[qos.livejournal.com]

That's a helpful response, Barry. Thanks. I especially like the suggestion that it's an "intuition and heart thing". My default tactic for addressing any issue is going at it with my head, and I need to open up my heart and intuition more, especially with issues like this.