My Great Leader
9-22-08
Gordon B. Hinckley was born on June 23rd 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1961 after serving a mission in England, he was called to be an apostle of the church. He served as a councilor under presidents Kimball, Benson and Hunter. On March 12, 1995 he was called as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in that calling till his death on January 27, 2008.
So now I’ve listed all these things about president Hinckley, but the point of this paper is who I think is a great leader. I see Gordon B. Hinckley as an entertaining man, he has a sense of humor, but that humor is clean, and I respect the fact that he kept good clean standards throughout his life.
Another thing that I see in this great prophet is he was determined. When he became president of the church, he saw that one of the greatest necessities at that time was that there were not enough temples for the members of the church. Right now there are one hundred and twenty eight LDS temples on the earth, seventy-four of them were dedicated while he was prophet, and by the time of his death one hundred and twenty-four LDS temples were dedicated. Now that’s determination.
The last thing is, Gordon B. Hinckley is friendly. I don’t know many really good leaders that were unkind. I mean kindness as true kindness. Someone can be In Charge but they can still be kind. And that is exactly who Gordon B. Hinckley is.
Clean
Determined
Kind
He is my great leader.
Eli
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4 comments:
I like your idea that leaders can be kind. I think the world has a perception that good leaders must be pushy and bossy. I think the exact opposite is true. You can be visionary and strong but you do not have to be mean. The millions of people who followed President's Hinckley is evidence of that. Great thoughts!
Sister Meeks
This is a great perspective on President Hinkley. I read several of your posts and I can tell you really think about the things you write about. Your blog will be so much more meaningful to you and to others because of the thought and effort you put into it.
I think that is a great leader to choose. He was so funny I now that he was kind to
I also think Gordon B. Hinckley was a great leader. When my great uncle passed away last month I learned that his burial plot was about 40 feet straight across from Pres. Hinckley's. It was so neat standing right in front of his headstone. People kept coming over and taking pictures of his headstone. It was like standing on holy ground. It was really special.
Lakota
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