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Cross Sector Collaboration, Family, Leadership, Neighbor Love, Nonprofits, Social Sector, Stewardship, Vocation

Thoughts and Questions on this “World Water Day”

The theme and potential doomsday catastrophe of the second Daniel Craig “James Bond” film, “Quantum of Solace,” had everything to do with water.  Particularly, it focused on the challenges, need, and resource (scarcity/potential scarcity) of water.  Its kind of scary to think about how the next great conflict or war could well be fought over water rights and usage.  But when you take a step … Continue reading Thoughts and Questions on this “World Water Day”

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Church, Daily Life, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Inviting and Invitation

Awhile back on this blog, I engaged in a series of posts and conversations about the ideas of being welcome and being sought. First, we considered implications of “All are Welcome.” Then, we considered “All are Sought.” I added some reflections on “Accompaniment,” and from there we broadened out the conversation for implications in congregations, and then added a few more thoughts.  Since the fall though … Continue reading Inviting and Invitation

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Discourse: God Relates

This post is the last in a multi-post series unpacking a snapshot of my current theological understanding.  For a refresher, see the introductory post about how I would be blogging about my insights about the Discourse series. The most recent post in the series was “God Heals.” So without further delay, here are my reflections related to “God Relates.” God Relates: God relates because God … Continue reading Discourse: God Relates

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Change, Church, Cross Sector Collaboration, Daily Life, Family, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Theology, Vocation, Worship

This Week’s Links

Tuesday means that its time for me to share some links to things I have read, found interesting, and thought about over the past week.  This week’s topic categories are:  Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Vocation; Worship; and Miscellaneous.  I hope you enjoy these! Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Friend and pastor Frank Johnson shared … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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Change, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Nonprofits, Social Sector

Review: “Data Crush” by Christopher Surdak

I recently had the opportunity to read Data Crush: How the Information Tidal Wave is Driving New Business Opportunities  by Christopher Surdak.  The book was published this year by the American Management Association and is 288 pages long. For a quick observation, while reading the book,I felt at times like I was reading a book in the vein of Freakonomics in some ways (especially on page 169, … Continue reading Review: “Data Crush” by Christopher Surdak

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Church, Daily Life, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology, Vocation

Neighbor Love and the Cross

Every once and awhile I hear a sermon that I feel I need to share on my blog.  This past Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church, I heard such a one by Pastor Dan Poffenberger.  To me, I heard a real connection between neighbor love and the cross, which was grounded in Luke 9:21-25.  Since this blog deals a lot with the theological idea of what … Continue reading Neighbor Love and the Cross

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Change, Church, Conflict, Cross Sector Collaboration, Leadership, Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Social Sector, Stewardship, Theology, Vocation, Worship

This Week’s Links

It’s Tuesday.  That means, as always that it’s time to share some of what I have been reading and found interesting with you over the past week.  This week’s topic categories are:  Church and Ministry Thought & Practice, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership Thought & Practice, Neighbor Love, Social Media & Blogging, Stewardship, Vocation, and Worship.  I entrust these to you now, and hope you enjoy them! … Continue reading This Week’s Links

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Discourse: God Heals

Today we continue our series unpacking a current snapshot of my personal theological understandings.  This series of posts again is an extension of my own discovery and thoughts created by taking the a class with the Discourse series.  For a refresher on the series, and for links to all the posts in this series, please visit the introductory post.  As has been the practice in … Continue reading Discourse: God Heals

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Missional Church, Neighbor Love, Theology

Discourse: God Envisions

Today we continue our series, where I share reflections related to my snapshot of my current theological understanding thanks to Discourse.  If you need a refresher, check out the introduction piece to the series which provides links to all the other pieces.  As has been the practice, I will share what I came up for the class first by indenting, and then provide further reflection … Continue reading Discourse: God Envisions

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Change, Church, Conflict, Leadership

Leadership “No-No’s” uttered lately

Working and being present in many different contexts leads to a variety of perspectives.  Some times, I hear interesting things said and observe questionable acts or expressions.  Other times, I hear about what was said.  Over the past couple of weeks, I have heard a number of things which have made alarm bells go off in my head.  I am going to share four of … Continue reading Leadership “No-No’s” uttered lately

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