While in Kansas, we made a quick stop at the Coleman Factory Outlet and Museum. Coleman products are used by most everyone who camps. Coleman began in Kansas by WC Coleman who produced lanterns and lamps in the very beginning. The museum honoring the company and the plant are in Wichita. Among the items at the Museum was a list of Mr. Coleman’s Personal Qualities That Insure Success. They are interesting and inspiring, especially thinking about them as a Christians and as pastors. Here they are:
1) A practical imagination. Every element contributing to human progress is first conceived and visualized in the human mind
2) A pioneering spirit which always believes there are new methods and better things to be discovered.
3) Initiative which impels one to do something about it.
4) Courage to launch out and attempt the seemingly impossible.
5) Resourcefulness that overcomes every difficulty along the way.
6) Persistence, that is, the power to carry through to completion.
7) The joy of achievement, which makes hard work a pleasure.
8) Capacity to work with other people. Every great achievement requires cooperative effort, and loyalty to a common purpose.
9) A becoming humility which acknowledges the help of others.
10) Qualities of the heart which cause one to find real joy and satisfaction in promoting the welfare of others.
What if we as a Church lived by these rules? What would the church look like for the future if we actually put these into practice?
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