Reflections on Mom’s 80th Birthday
Liz and I flew out to California last week to be part of our family celebration of my mom’s 80th birthday. My... Read More
The power of Ops and Systems
A couple of nights ago, Liz and I went out for coffee with Bob and Barbara Francis…two of the very best people... Read More
How to act like a designer
In June 2005 edition of Fast Company there are several helpful articles related to the topic of design and innovation. One of... Read More
The Medici Effect by Frans Johansson
“When you step into an intersection of fields, disciplines or cultures, you can combine existing concepts into a large number of extraordinary... Read More
John Wesley’s Class Meetings by D. Michael Henderson
John Wesley was a man with a mission and a vision—“to redeem the nation” and “to spread scriptural holiness throughout the land.”[1]... Read More
City Reaching Bibliography
City Reaching ResourcesRecommended by Eric Swanson Understanding City-Reaching City Reaching: On the Road to Community TransformationAuthor: Jack Dennison, Publisher: William Carey Library,... Read More
Positive Deviants
Positive Deviantby David DorseyJerry Sternin’s job was to help save starving children in Vietnam. Faced with an impossible time frame, he adopted... Read More
Lincoln’s desire for legacy
“His friends were worried that he was suicidal and removed all razors and knives from his room. Throughout the nadir of Lincoln’s... Read More
Liminality
Several months ago I picked up a book entitled, Mission After Christendom by David Smith. The opening line in the Forward captured... Read More
How the Irish Saved Civilization
This past couple of weeks during my Nordic walking I’ve been listening to Thomas Cahill’s “How the Irish Saved Civilization” on my... Read More