Continuing our series unpacking the Discourse snapshot of my current theological understanding, here is the second post, God creates. To help remind you of the series or to give you some background if this is the first time you have read my blog in awhile, here is the introduction and the first piece, “God is.” God Creates: God creates all with value. God created everything … Continue reading Discourse: God Creates
It’s Tuesday, and therefore its time to share some links to things I have read and found interesting and thought provoking in 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 Miscellaneous. I entrust these now to you for your reading, reflecting, and thinking pleasure … Continue reading This Week’s Links
One of the things that I have discerned and developed in working in congregations and providing consultation to other congregations and non-profits is that it is important to have ground rules. Ground rules allow for a safe space to have conversations, discussions and meetings. They are especially helpful when engaging in difficult conversations where everyone may not agree. They are also important, as such conversations … Continue reading Ground Rules
It’s Tuesday. You know that means its time for the links. This week’s categories with stories and articles that I found interesting are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation and Miscellaneous. I entrust these now to you and hope you enjoy them. Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Last week there was a Creation and … Continue reading This Week’s Links
It’s Tuesday. That means here on the blog that its time to share some of what I have found interesting or worth thinking about in the past week. This week’s categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; Stewardship; Vocation; and Miscellaneous. I entrust these to you now for your reflection, thought and … Continue reading This Week’s Links
I went back and forth about whether to write a post about the Super Bowl on this blog. But, despite my hesitation today I have decided to go ahead and share some thoughts. These are my own thoughts and I think this is a fun way to tie in my love of sports which is not usually referred to in great detail on this blog. … Continue reading Super Bowl Reflections
I recently had the pleasure to read The Practical Drucker: Applying the Wisdom of the World’s Greatest Management Thinker, by William A. Cohen. In this work, Cohen has taken some of the key nuggets of Peter Drucker’s insights and separated them into forty short vignettes or chapters. No chapter is longer than eight pages, making this a book that is easily readable and very accessible for … Continue reading Review: The Practical Drucker
It’s Tuesday, and so it means that it is time to share links to some of the things I have read and found interesting in the past week. This week’s categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship and Miscellaneous. I hope you enjoy these and find them thought provoking. Church and Ministry Thought … Continue reading This Week’s Links
It’s Tuesday, that means it’s time for the links to stories, articles, and other things I have found interesting and thought provoking. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; Worship; and Miscellaneous. Enjoy! Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Let’s begin this week’s links with a potentially controversial and thought-provoking opinion … Continue reading This Week’s Links
I have recently read two books about Appreciative Inquiry: Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive Revolution in Change by David L. Cooperrider & Diana Whitney; and The Power of Appreciative Inquiry: A Practical Guide to Positive Change by Diana Whitney & Amanda Trosten-Bloom. This post will not be a review of these books, but rather a brief summary of my understanding of Appreciative Inquiry and how I see it … Continue reading Appreciative Inquiry- my brief summary and thoughts about it
Timothy Siburg 