The Leadership Mind by Teddy A. Jones

Hab. 3: 17-19 How did we make it through 2009? How will we make it in 2010? Will we survive in 2010? How are we going to manage with all the new taxes? Will I lose my job? Will I ever be able to find a job? How will my children go to school? Why is there so much evil in the world? Why do the wicked seem to be winning? Why is there so much poverty in Jamaica? The picture that we see as we end 2009 and enter 2010 is a picture of a dying Jamaica, a dying community, dying families, dying young men, hopeless mothers, aimless fathers, depressed wives, frustrated husbands, tired workers. It is a picture that breaks the heart of God, a picture that breaks my heart. Here we stand with an urgent cry, “How long O LORD must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you , violence! But you do not save? Our LORD, how long must I beg for your help before you listen? How long before you save us from all this violence? Why do you make me watch such terrible injustice...

THE CRISIS: At the end of 2008 69% of the total population was under 40 years old. 37% was under 20, and the largest percentage of the population, 10% are between the ages of 10 -14, followed very closely by 9% being 15 – 19 years old. Some of you here today fit into these age brackets, while the others of us here are just above. What happens to our churches if we do not have at least a similar proportion of youths in them? What future is there for our churches if these are the adults of tomorrow and they are not reached won for the Kingdom? Where do you fit into God’s Kingdom agenda for Jamaica? Where is your MYF heading if the hottest debate before and after your meetings is who she Gaza and who seh Gully? I firmly believe and submit to us today that at their stage of development one of the leading influencers in the life of youths is the peer group. You at Christianna High, and Russea’s High, and DeCateret, and KC and JC, you are in a uniquely qualified position to ...

Keep going, while you are going, as you go into all the world Make Disciples!!! Baptize disciples!!! Teach Disciples!!! The emphasis is not primarily on going, it is assumed by Jesus that we'd be going, that we'd be moving. In the process we have three commands, three strong imperatives. I dare say that if we are not making disciples we are living in disobedience. We may be just as guilty as Saul (1 Sam. 15) who made a sacrifice but was harshly admonished that obedience is better than sacrifice. Yesterday, Sunday November 22, 2009 I was moved to tears by the thrill of disciple making. Unfolding before my very eyes was the fruit of my efforts. One of my deacons, Delroy Blake gave his inaugural sermon, and what a blessing it was! Almost 7 years ago when I came to ministry in Grants Pen, Delroy was a chain smoker, drinker, gambler, who wanted nothing to with church. Through the relational ministry approach and the down to earth radical approach of Jesus which I have adopt...

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Practicing servant leadership is a massive challenge to the Christian community globally. By using examples in your cultural context why would you say is it such a huge challenge and what are the obstacles in the way to live or practice servant leadership in your community? During the last quarter of 2008, I was approached by the director of spiritual affairs at the Jamaica Theological Seminary with a question that caused me to reflect deeply for many days. The resulting reflection troubled me immensely. The theme chosen for Seminary for the academic year 2008 – 2009 was “Servant Leadership: The way up is down.” I was asked by him to help him identify local pastors who embodied servant leadership to be invited to speak at the chapel sessions throughout the year. Immediately I realized that I had been asked a very difficult question because by all stretches of the imagination I was hard pressed to identify such leaders. This led me to seriously ponder why is it that ...

In response to the article in the Sunday Gleaner, “Buju Banton’s Original Sin” printer November 1, 2009, written by C. Cooper. Located online here: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091101/cleisure/cleisure3.html I tend to like reading Cooper because she writes copiously on issues of Jamaican culture inclusive of matters related to Dancehall music, in which I have a keen interest due to among other things the fact that it is through dancehall music I learned most of what I knew about Jamaica before moving here in 1998. The song in question Boom By By was released during my junior high school year and was an instant hit in Grenada. The language barrier conquered by my inquisitive mind and a careful listening of the song, I sang along word for word, line by line with little thought of anything else. Today of course its an entirely different matter. I suspect that the writer of the article chose the words ‘original sin’ as one of the many puns that she used in the article delib...