[Patrick Dailey]

I am grateful to be able to take this course and learn the content from it.

I wish to exhibit Hebraic leadership in the context of the church that I lead. I wish to be a leader in the community by leading the congregation, a voice in the Christian community, and a voice in the local community through leaders and politicians. Part of doing this is being mindful of history when making decisions, speaking with neighbors, and even when crafting lessons and sermons.

I enjoyed learning about how leadership is seen as navigation, and that a good leader is someone who other people “want to follow”.

I lead a church that is a diverse congregation. The church is in a border town, bordering both a very liberal and very conservative state.

The section about the difference between pluralism and relativism was refreshing to me. That I believe in truth but allow others to find truth on their own. Part of my role at the church (and why I enjoyed this course so much) is being able to converse with the Buddhists, LDS, and other faiths. These people are, of course, my neighbors.