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.
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 Source of Hope September 6, 2022The Statesman’s Source of Hope Every governing official faces frustration over challenges in achieving goals. This is especially significant for the leader committed to doing good, which we often refer to as a Statesman. Such a leader is generally operating contrary to those surrounding in the governing process, who may be described as politicians according to ...
- The Statesman’s High Privilege to Be an Instrument in the Hands of Almighty God September 6, 2022The Statesman’s High Privilege to Be an Instrument in the Hands of Almighty God President Abraham Lincoln made a thought-provoking statement while in office: In the very responsible position in which I happen to be placed, being a humble instrument in the hands of our Heavenly Father, as I am. And he repeated the same idea on another occasion: I ...
- The Statesman’s Dream – Of the people, by the people, for the people September 6, 2022The Statesman’s Dream – Of the people, by the people, for the people A century and a half ago, a governing official said, “that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” In this statement ...
- The Statesman Addresses the Goal of Quality of Life September 6, 2022The Statesman Addresses the Goal of Quality of Life Our Creator has defined the quality of life He has designed for each member of His creation to be: “a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity” (1 Timothy 2:2). The context of this promise makes clear that the decisions of governing officials are critical factors ...
- The Statesman Benefits from the Undeserved Goodness of God September 6, 2022The Statesman Benefits from the Undeserved Goodness of God As we learn to work with God, who is our Supreme Master, the One who rules over our nations, it is essential that we fully understand Him. One essential element is understanding His general goodness to mankind not based upon our particular goodness or our obedience to ...
- The Statesman and Advisors September 6, 2022The Statesman and Advisors It is fascinating to consider mankind’s journey in gaining knowledge of God and His intended role in the affairs of His creation. I believe an important element of that truth is revealed to us in the ninth century B.C. and continues to be relevant today: Throughout the time Jehoiada the priest instructed him, Joash ...
- Handbook for Governing as a Statesman September 6, 2022Handbook for Governing as a Statesman The Statesman struggles to find the most effective solution to each problem faced. Let us look at the issue from a different perspective. The issue becomes clearer when we begin to consider the underlying values that must guide those solutions. King Solomon, ruled during the tenth century B.C. He is described ...
- The Statesman as Caretaker March 17, 2022The Statesman as Caretaker Our Creator and Master teaches us that we live and operate within a temporary world before He comes to visibly reign in the person of Jesus. It begins with God’s clarification of Jesus’ birth 700 years beforehand: For to us a child is born, to us a son is given (Isaiah 9:6). But following ...
- The Statesman Wrestles with God March 17, 2022The Statesman Wrestles with God At the heart of our desire to be Statesmen, rather than simply politicians, is understanding our Creator’s desired role in our lives and decisions. At stake is our ability to move from a view of the likelihood of God’s existence to complete confidence in Him and the sense that He is our ...
- The Statesman Serving Under the Ultimate King March 17, 2022The Statesman Serving Under the Ultimate King There is the repeated declaration throughout God’s instruction book that He is the ultimate King over our nations and our world. For example: For the Lord Most High is to be feared ; He is a great King over all the earth (Psalm 47:2). King ...
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