Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

Pastor & Spiritual Director | I write about longevity for faith-based leaders. Joined December 2021

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

8 months ago

The dentist can’t clean their own teeth. The chiropractor can’t align their own back. The surgeon can’t operate on their own heart. And the leader can’t guide their own soul. It was a king who said it best: “He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet…

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8 months ago

Your most valuable help to others is gleaned from tensions you’ve walked through. Not tensions you’ve sidestepped.

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8 months ago

People are easily blinded by ambition. They pour time, money, and attention into their goals without considering something far more important: Direction. Ambition that steps on others to reach new heights eventually crumbles on its shaky foundation. But ambition in service of…

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

8 months ago

What Bernard of Clairvaux said centuries ago remains necessary for leaders today: The wise are like reservoirs, not canals. The canal dispenses water as soon as it receives it. But the reservoir holds water and is filled up, and as a result able to overflow its contents without…

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8 months ago

A mentor once told me, “If succeeding in ministry means failing your family, then you’ve already failed in ministry.” That put everything into perspective. Leaders learn, improve, and are shaped by feedback from those in the organization. But they run on the fruit they…

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

8 months ago

P.J. Alindogan tells a story of 30-year-old friends. They had a reunion and were discussing where they should go for dinner. One suggested they meet at the Glowing Embers Restaurant because the waiters and waitresses there are young and beautiful. They all agreed. Fifteen…

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8 months ago

Let’s try a different New Year’s Day: scrap your list. (You’ll still make one – just not the one you thought). Most goals, resolutions, and to-do’s are really just arbitrary lists of demands we put on ourselves. And they end in the same place: dragging ourselves across the…

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

2 years ago

We decide differently when we choose: To live from love, not for it To live from power, not for it To live from from acceptance, not for it

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2 years ago

Another reminder to self in the midst of my decision-making: Human opinions are written in pencil.

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

2 years ago

“Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses." -C.S. Lewis It's not *just* another: Day Task Place Chore Errand Activity Relative Neighbor Coworker Classmate It's all holy ground.

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2 years ago

A hallmark of unburdened people is that they don’t burden other people. Without exception, they embody 3 load-lifting traits: Humility before God Generosity toward others Security within themselves

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

2 years ago

Prioritizing spiritual health gives you a capacity beyond your own. Why? • You operate from love, not for it. • You operate free from outcomes. • You operate from who you are in God’s eyes, not what you are in people’s eyes.

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Nathan Harrison @notesfromnathan

2 years ago

Getting aligned with God's agenda means embracing 3 priorities: • Living for his glory • Living from his provision • Living within his boundaries

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2 years ago

3 shifts that always transform the tasks on a disciple’s to-do list: 1-Aiming for fruitful over successful. 2-Noticing what you’re drawn to instead of dragged to. 3-Serving the ones in front of you rather than dwelling on those who’ve angered you.

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2 years ago

Reminder to self: The greatest service you can offer this moment is whatever you do with a heaven-directed posture: Wash the dishes, offer a smile, exhale a heartfelt sigh. “Do not despise these small beginnings, for the Lord rejoices to see the work begin…” Zechariah 4:10