Looking for ancient words to speak into modern leadership? In a way that only takes a brief part of your day? Here it is: 'The Imitation of Christ.' I intend to provide an updated chapter once a week until all 96 chapters are done! So follow along! The first one comes Monday, February 5th. Then every Monday after that.
'The Imitation' was written long ago by Thomas A Kempis (1380-1471). And for five hundred years, this gentle book, filled with the spirit of the love of God, has brought understanding and comfort to millions of people in over fifty languages and provided them with a source of heart-felt personal devotion. These meditations were written in times even more troubled and dangerous than our own, and have become second only to the Bible as a guide and inspiration.
Although they have often been translated into a variety of languages, I thought it was due time to modernize the text. I have done so by doing three things:
- Start with key biblical texts being listed at the front of each short chapter in either NIV or Eugene Peterson's The Message.
- Modernize the language into 21st-century vernacular.
- Apply a story, account, or illustration that demonstrates the point that I believe Kempis was making.
All of it fits together in hopes that you as a modern leader hear the upside-down, counter-cultural message in its pages.
Enjoy,
Rev Dr Darren Roorda
Bringing Faith & Professionalism to Organizational Non-Profit Leadership
