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
I used to think the idea of a “bound conscience” was a good thing. It allowed for communities of faith to support a wide range of viewpoints. My home congregation took some comfort in this idea after the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Churchwide Assembly votes and decisions in 2009. To be fair, I appreciate “bound conscience” in its sense and respect that people have different … Continue reading The Misnomer about being Neutral
It’s Tuesday. That means its time to share a sampling of things I have read and found interesting and thought provoking over the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; and Worship. I entrust these to you now for your reading and thought. Church and Ministry Thought & Practice Karl Vaters … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Happy New Year’s Eve! Also, Happy Seventh Day of Christmas! As this is Tuesday, its time to provide you with a sampling of some of the things I have been reading or thinking about in the past week. This week’s topic categories are: Church and Ministry Thought & Practice; Leadership Thought & Practice; Neighbor Love; Social Media & Blogging; and Stewardship. I entrust these to … Continue reading This Week’s Links- The last of the links for 2013
It’s Tuesday. It’s also Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas to all of you! As hinted at last week, this week’s links and next week’s (because of Christmas and New Year’s) links will likely be a bit shorter than usual. But that’s okay. I still intend to share some of what I have read or pondered about over the past week. This week’s categories are: Church and … Continue reading This Week’s Links
In the first installment of our series, “Words in Our Mouths,” today we tackle Mission Statements. I think it would be fair to say that I love mission statements. As a person who studied at the Drucker School, mission statements are very important to me. Peter Drucker is famous for having said, that “Mission Statements should be able to fit on a T-Shirt.” He is … Continue reading Words in Our Mouths- Mission Statements
It’s Tuesday. That means its time to share with you a sampling of some of the things I have been reading and thinking about in the past week. This week’s categories are: Church & Ministry Thought and Practice; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership; Neighbor Love; Stewardship; Vocation; and Miscellaneous. I entrust these to you now and hope you find them helpful and thought-provoking. Church & Ministry Thought … Continue reading This Week’s Links
Tuesday means, its time for the links. As always the case, I entrust to you different things I have read or found in the past week for your reading, thinking, and reflecting pleasure. This week’s categories are: Church and Ministry Thought and Leadership; Cross-Sector Collaboration; Leadership Thought, Practice and Theory; Neighbor Love; and Miscellaneous Thoughts and Reads. Church and Ministry Thought and Leadership Pastor Keith Anderson … Continue reading This Week’s Links
If you have seen my previous post, I provided a video of a TED Talk given this past summer by Michael Porter. In this post I want to provide a deeper set of thoughts, summary, and responses that I have as I reflect on the implications of Porter’s claims, hopes, and ideas. Porter begins by acknowledging the seemingly continual reality of there being “problem after … Continue reading Reflection on “Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems”
Timothy Siburg 