David Donnan

Last week I finished reading The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni. I can not remember if I bought this book used or someone gave it to me.

I really enjoyed this book. The first 3/4 of the book are a leadership parable. The final section is a description of the principles discussed.

The book was very easy to read. I would recommend it to anyone who works or is around people ever.

My main takeaway was people need to trust each other enough to have authentic conflict. This applies to marriage, organizations, or roommates. Everyone can take something away here.

Have you ever listened in on someone else’s conversation? Maybe you are at the grocery store or in a restaurant, you can’t help but overhear people talking. When you listen in, you can not help but learn so much about the people talking. By their mood you can tell what type of day their having. By their responses you can tell how important the topic is.

When we look at the bible we have the opportunity to do the same. We can listen and see what is important and ask, “What are you trying to teach us Lord?” Over the six Sundays of Lent we are going to “eavesdrop” on Jesus, listen, and ask, “what does this teach us about God and what does it teach us about us?”

Join us on Sunday at Twin City United Methodist Church at 11a.m.