IS THIS LEADERSHIP?

If you are anything like me, you have to wonder what is being taught in business schools and homes in the United States? For those who have had the privilege to going to college and manage to secure jobs in corporate America, that is a good thing. But what are they teaching? Have colleges and American homes taught our sons and daughters to make all the money they can any way they can? Do executives in the financial world care only about themselves and have little or no feelings about anyone else? From personal experience, I can cite examples where there have been opportunities to reach out and help those less fortunate and yet the banking world is opposed to doing so. It is sad that in America, there are executives who make twice as much in one year than it would cost to help hundreds of young people begin a college fund.

The main problem as I see it has to do with greed, selfishness and poor leadership on the part of executives and boards that direct Wall Street. If Jesus were the leader of Wall Street, what decisions would He make? Would He endeavor to line his own pockets, or would He find a way to help those in need? You don't have to read very far in the Bible to find the answer to that.

In reality, if "Serving Leadership" were the mission of executives in the financial world, we would see a different America and the world. We would see poverty and try to end it. We would see folks who have great health issues and endeavor to find a way of healing. We would look at our educational system and fix it.

Rick Warren came to St. Louis and shared not only the spoken word, but gave a copy of his book "Purpose Driven Life" to every high school senior in the St. Louis Public Schools. To those few teachers who complained about his Christian message in the public venue, I would cry out "Get a life!" Dr. Fred Neiger was professor of Bible at the University of Missouri. He always said the following: "No man is fully educated until he knows the Bible." What a novel idea for universities, colleges, high schools, middle schools and elementary schools to teach. I really believe that would top any idea that is being taught today.

I am praying of Barack Obama and our leaders to be serving leaders and direct the United States toward a Godly approach to all of our problems.