What’s Wisdom Got To Do With It?
Apologies to Tina Turner for hijacking her song title and making it worse, but the question of the day is why junkyard …Â wisdom? Everybody understands the junkyard piece, at least they do when they read…
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Junkyard Saints
I’m currently reading Jon Meacham’s new book, His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope. This post isn’t about the book itself — though from what I’ve read I highly recommend…
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Six Ways to Motivate Your Team During a Pandemic
Last year I shared my six ideas for motivating your team (which had previously been published by Outreach Magazine). I wondered how the six ideas hold up during a pandemic. Would they still work in…
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Another Clueless Guy
A recent Facebook post of mine caught the attention of a long time friend. She asked if it might be a bit too much coming from me, a wealthy white man. There was, she suggested,…
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Becoming Brave
My friend Brenda Salter-McNeil has a new book being released so I asked her to give us a sneak preview. Trust me when I say you will want to read this one. Brenda writes with…
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Black Lives Matter
Black lives matter to me. This makes some of my friends uncomfortable. Usually, for two reasons: they want to say all lives matter, and/or they want to point to the eponymous organization Black Lives Matter…
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Wit and Wine
I’ve lost track of the number of boards I’ve served on. From organizations I’ve started myself to boards that have been around for nearly a century. They’ve included churches, foundations, mission groups, retreat centers, colleges,…
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Tony Campolo
Tony Campolo has been a friend for decades. We first met in a brief encounter when he spoke at my college. Our friendship grew through letters — remember those? On several occasions through the years…
