Initiating contact with an Official
Step One:
Initiating contact in person:
The ideal is to do this in person wherever possible, for example over coffee. If you do it that way you can print out and hand them in your meeting.
“Remembered as a Leader” Word Docx “Remembered as a Leader” PDF
To start the conversation via Email or Mail:
You can do this via email or snail mail if you do not have a personal email for them. The least effective way is through an email to the official’s office. However, in many cases, this is where is we must begin.
First: Adapt and personalize this generic message. Intro text for email or letter
Include in your email or letter this article. “How Do You Wish to Be Remembered as a Leader”
Step Two:
Follow news on the person, pray for that individual regularly. Try to understand that individual as best you can so that you can address needs you may perceive.
Step Three:
At regular intervals, go to centreforstatecraft.org, pray over whether one of the essays in the Reflection section may be appropriate to send, download, insert together with cover comments into an email, personalize as much as possible, and send.
Step Four:
At an appropriate interval, as led, repeat.
Note: With a little more effort, one can do a higher quality job by letter, employing stationary, linen envelopes, looking a little more dignified. I tend to go with the simplest approach that works. Email is very personal when they engage you. Even better if you can also do all of this in person.
Reflections on Statesmanship
A series of essays
- The Statesman’s View as Shared Beneficiary February 12, 2024The Statesman’s View as Shared Beneficiary A part of the human condition is a shortsightedness that we must compete with each other so that I can only benefit at someone else’s loss. But is it really to my advantage to benefit from someone else’s loss of advantage? Is it not possible that by employing our ...
- Challenge to Govern as Statesmen January 18, 2024Challenge to Govern as Statesmen How Do You Wish to be Remembered as a Leader – as a Statesman or as a Politician? I believe it is useful to occasionally pause to reflect on what motivates us and what do we hope to achieve with our lives. Let me pose these questions: What kind of a ...
- The Statesman Developing the Most Important National Resource December 1, 2023The Statesman Developing the Most Important National Resource Within our world, there is a clamoring for national wealth, potentially advancing power and prestige for those in leadership. Typically, economic growth becomes the measuring stick for effectiveness of an administration. This leads to natural resource utilization being a high priority. An effective economy is certainly important. However, ...
- The Citizenship That Can Support the Statesman December 1, 2023The Citizenship That Can Support the Statesman Citizenship a is powerful incentive in the life of the Statesman. The reality is that there is a citizenship that is even more significant than that of one’s birthplace in making one a Statesman. In God’s Instruction to His creation is a fascinating chapter often referred to as the ‘faith ...
- Does God Intervene in the Affairs of Nations? November 30, 2023Does God Intervene in the Affairs of Nations? I believe that we can only remain optimistic in the midst of events in our world today if we can answer for ourselves this one question: Does God Intervene in the Affairs of Nations? This is a time of tremendous uncertainty. We see decisions being made in our ...
- Developing the Heart of a Statesman November 30, 2023Developing the Heart of a Statesman For any noble character trait, we often use the expression: “… are made, not born”. This implies that natural ability is not enough but that we need help in improving ourselves. Nowhere is this truer than in the making of the Statesman. Truly, The Statesman is made, not born. By ...
- Who Holds the Hand of the Statesman? August 16, 2023Who Holds the Hand of the Statesman? The Statesman stands out in his vision. As analysts have pointed out: The great difference between the real statesman and the pretender is that the one sees into the future, while the other regards only the present; the one lives by the day, and acts on expediency; the other acts ...
- The Statesman Realistically Confronts the Issue of Corruption August 16, 2023The Statesman Realistically Confronts the Issue of Corruption Commonly, an incoming Government greets the population with the assurance “One of our highest priorities is to eliminate corruption.” Paradoxically, that same assurance was made by the previous administration, and the one before that. Why then does this problem exist? If there is one issue expressed by the voices ...
- The Shepherd as Model for the Statesman August 16, 2023The Shepherd as Model for the Statesman One of the great leaders in history is King David. We are naturally drawn to seek to understand how he became such an effective leader. I believe the key is where God told us: He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; He brought him from tending ...
- The Statesman Leading in Appealing for Mercy May 3, 2023The Statesman Leading in Appealing for Mercy Our Creator, the One we know as the God of the universe and the ultimate King over every king, created from one righteous man a nation that was to be a visible model to every other nation of what it means to live in obedience to Him and experience ...
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