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The Charisma of Leadership
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Frederick Douglass became the most photographed American in the 19th Century — on purpose. Douglass loved photography—writing extensively…
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Vulnerability is the Only Path To Courage
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My daughter Jody loves Brene Brown. At her encouragement, I’ve read several of her books and well, I guess…
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Solitude and Leadership
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I’ve been reflecting on a challenging lecture by Willaim Deresiewicz, given to the freshmen class (plebes) at West…
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The Disciple-Making Strategy of Jesus
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Michael Hyatt did a good job of building on Robert Coleman’s excellent Master Plan of Evangelism in his…
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How To Read a Non-Fiction Book
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Michael Hyatt over at his blog recently reflected on his approach to reading non-fiction. It made me feel…
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Thots on Change, the Sense of Urgency and the Long Haul of Cultural Transformation
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Last week, I spent some time with some senior campus and military ministry leaders from the mid-Atlantic region…
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“Converted to the Kingdom:” Social Action Among College Students Today
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Libby S. passed on the attached article by the Evan Hunter (Director, Ivy Jungle Network). Evan challenges us…
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“Converted to the Kingdom:” Social Action Among College Students Today
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A friend passed on the attached article by the Evan Hunter (Director, Ivy Jungle Network). Evan challenges us…
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Appreciative Inquiry
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In this excellent book, Corbett and Fikkert discuss the role of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a way of…
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JD and Movement Building
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Our Faculty Commons team recently spent a fascinating hour with JD Greear, pastor of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham.…
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To Write Love on Her Arms
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In the car today, I (Eric Heistand) listened to a Catalyst speaker, Jamie Tworkowski. He’s the guy behind…
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At the End of Slavery: the battle for justice in our time (Campus Toolbox Outreach)
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“If history has shown us that the monster of slavery assumes new forms, it has also shown us…
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The Leadership Code
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Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood and Kate Sweetman have developed what they believe is “a comprehensive framework about what…
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Seth Godin on Micromovements
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If you’re not following Seth at his blog, you might want to check it out. He seems to…
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Movement Library
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Here’s a few books to expand your thinking about movements and movement-building. As a movement committed to building…
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Movement Leadership: Avoiding the Failure of Nerve
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I’ve spent the last two weeks unpacking some of the work of Edwin Friedman, whose book, A Failure…
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The Way God Works
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(This is an old post from another blog, but re-reading it this morning, I found it suggestive of…
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The Audacity of Leadership
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Since my last post, I’ve been underlining every other line in Edwin Friedman’s The Failure of Nerve. I’ve…
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Lincoln’s Leadership
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I’ve enjoyed reading lots about Abraham Lincoln this year. I’ve been wanting to work out some principles of…
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Imagination and Movements
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In the building of movements, do we depend upon a combination of methods, knowledge, and skills when what…
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Imagination and Movements
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In the building of movements, do we depend upon a combination of methods, knowledge, and skills when what…
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Steps Toward Understanding the Poor
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I ran across the following post, written by Tom Smith and related to his South African context: Thot…
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GNGD 1.0
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Many of us have been rethinking so many of our assumptions about the thickness of the gospel. We’ve…
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Glocalization—proclaiming, serving, loving
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David Mays does a good job summarizing key books. I thot his summary of Bob Robert’s recent book…
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Jesus–The Most Interesting Person
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Dallas Willard has argued that Jesus was the most intelligent person who ever lived. In an article entitled…
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Cal Thomas on Movements
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Eric Swanson sent me a link to the editorial below by Cal Thomas. Cal hit on one of…
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The Role of Deliberate Practice in Leadership Development
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Malcolm Gladwell tells us in Outliers that when it comes to success, context is everything. Only by asking…
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Movement Leaders as Heretics
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As one commentator said, Seth Godin’s new book, Tribes, is an enthusiastic endorsement of standing up and taking…
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Resources: Hope Lives
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“Hope Lives: A Journey of Restoration” (Amber Van Schooneveld) I heard from several staff that Hope Lives offers…
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