I enter into this post, deeply aware of how divisive this might be. I shake a little at the thought of this, but deep down I know I must write. A week and a half ago, perhaps more than at any other time in recent years, I felt convicted (and really, I still do given our current potential for a government shut-down)! I feel convicted … Continue reading Neighbor love in light of the past week’s events
It’s that time again. Time to share some stuff I have read over the past week that I think you might enjoy. This week I offer them under the headers of leadership and collaboration, church, neighbor love, stewardship, community, and vocation. Leadership and Collaboration Dan offers a great reminder of some of Peter Drucker’s thoughts on treating employees like volunteers. It’s great advice and worth … Continue reading This Week’s Links
It’s that time of the week. Time to offer some links to articles and things which I have found particularly interesting and thought provoking. As always, I entrust them to you and hope you find them equally interesting and insightful. Leadership First of all, if you have not heard of Otto Scharmer before, allow me to introduce you to him and his fantastic blog! Scharmer is the author … Continue reading This Week’s Links
As some of you may know, one of my current roles involves me leading and directing a church choir. As its a church choir, this means that this is a group of people who give up an hour or so every week to rehearse on a weekday evening, and who volunteer to help lead worship a couple times a month. Since I have served in … Continue reading Lessons from Choir Directing about Volunteer Management
There has been a lot of interesting stuff written and published in the past couple of weeks. These all deserve their own post by me, but for the sake of time and in an effort to share this good stuff, I entrust these links to you for your reading and hopefully thought provoking pleasure. Leadership If you are like me, and you are always looking … Continue reading This Week’s Links
In my posts yesterday I hinted that there would be upcoming posts about recent changes in the ELCA (the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). Today, I offer a guest post sharing some reflections from my brother Thomas who was a voting member at the ELCA’s Churchwide Assembly on behalf of the Southwestern Washington Synod. Thomas is in the midst of graduate studies in social work and … Continue reading Guest Post- Reflections on the ELCA Churchwide Assembly
First of all, I hope you are all having the chance to watch and follow some of the speeches and ceremonies going on today honoring, remembering, and continuing in the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, today, 50 years later. King’s vision and dream continues I believe today, because the vision and mission with which it is grounded and speaks … Continue reading Summer Links
“The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong” Dan Pallotta recently gave a TED talk entitled, “The Way We Think about Charity is Dead Wrong.” Until today I hadn’t had a chance to sit and watch it in its entirety and think deeply about its implications. Obviously, he covers a lot of ground here in just over 18 minutes. One of the biggest critiques … Continue reading Provocative Thoughts on Social Sector Effectiveness
Happy Canada Day to all Canadians! To the rest of you, Happy July! This post is the second post featuring a long list of different stories and links which I have not blogged individually about. I had originally planned to do this weekly or bi-weekly, but at least at this point, the rhythm of this is monthly. We’ll see if I can make this happen … Continue reading Lots of Links
While sitting in a conference room during work for the start-up organization of which I am a part, I took a moment and noticed the surrounding walls. On one wall there was nothing, just a blank grayish blue color. On the adjacent side, it was a wall with two windows and a brownish red, serving as the accent wall. The other two walls also had … Continue reading Human Potential for Growth
Timothy Siburg 