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What I Learned About Leadership in Unexpected Places

There was a time when I understood leadership primarily through performance.   It was about getting things right. Meeting expectations. Ensuring that outcomes aligned with what was required.   Structure, clarity and consistency mattered. In many ways, they still do. But over time, I have come to realise that leadership cannot be sustained by performance alone.   It has to be grounded in something deeper.   This realisation did not come through theory. It came through experience.   One of the moments that shifted my perspective was during a mission outreach in Rongai. We were engaging people through door-to-door interactions and I had approached the experience with a clear structure in mind. I knew what I wanted to say. I had prepared how conversations should flow. I was ready.   But it did not unfold as expected.   Each interaction was different. Some people were open and welcoming. Others were reserved. Some disengaged comp...
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  When Mission Becomes Personal   There is a quiet shift that happens when someone realizes that the Great Commission stops being an idea and becomes personal.   For a long time I understood mission as something structured through programmes, outreach, crusades, door-to-door activities and planned engagements. But I have begun to see it differently. Mission is not something I go out to do. It is something I am already surrounded by.   It is in my family. It is in my friends. It is in the everyday conversations I often overlook with my neighbour in the estate, the waiter I meet in the restaurant or my workmate.   What has been most revealing is that the challenge is not availability but intentionality.   I have realised that it is easy to carry a general desire to share my faith without being deliberate about people. But real impact begins when I slow down enough to see individuals through their stories, their needs and the spaces whe...
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  I am still a Disciple   Lately I have realised something that has made me uncomfortable.   I talk about Discipleship often. I care about it deeply. I want to Disciple others well in my workplace, in church and through my writing. But this season has reminded me that before I Disciple anyone else I must keep allowing God to shape me into His image.   For a long time, I believed that planning and Discipline would protect me from uncertainty. Even in my faith I quietly tied it to performance and success. But failure in high school and experiencing personal grief exposed that illusion. Scripture did not remove the pain but remolded me.   I am learning that Discipleship is not dramatic. It is slow. It is daily. It happens at 4:30am in prayer before the day begins. It happens during the 10 minutes of Scripture reading that I do quietly to correct my thinking. It happens when I read something I do not understand and realise I am still a learner. ...
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  Learning to Trust God   There comes a point in life when effort, planning and good intentions are no longer enough. You can do everything right and still find yourself waiting. Still uncertain. Still carrying questions you do not know how to answer. I have learned that these moments are often where faith becomes real.   For a long time I believed that trusting God meant asking Him to bless my plans. I prayed sincerely worked hard and tried to remain faithful. Yet beneath that faith sat an unspoken assumption that if I planned carefully enough and stayed disciplined, things would eventually fall into place. What I did not realise was how tightly I was holding on to control.   Proverbs 3:5-6 (NIV) has been with me through the times of waiting: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight”   I have read that verse as an encourage...
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