International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Abstract
My career in educational and athletic settings has spanned over four decades. I believe my vocational calling was serendipitously sparked and subsequently nurtured through many fortuitous encounters over a lifetime. Coined by Mr. D. J. De Pree in the 1920’s, fortuitous encounters are “evidence of the hand of God” (Davis & Spears, 2013, p. xiii) in our lives. Davis and Spears (2013) further described these encounters as “moments where a person, place, or thing causes our lives to change in a more positive direction” (p. 1). In this essay, I will describe persons, a place, and legislation (a thing) that affected my life path, and progressively moved me toward a servant-leadership ethic in my work. Focusing on four people who listened at pivotal times in my life, a thing (a law) that “listened” to the times, and my place of employment where a servant-leadership culture was encouraged, I reflect how the trajectory of my life was changed in a very positive way by these encounters.
Recommended Citation
Brown-Vandenberg, Bobbette
(2021)
"My Fortuitous Encounters: A Law & People Who Listened,"
International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 15, Article 9.
DOI: 10.33972/ijsl.17
Available at:
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol15/iss1/9
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