Aug 6, 2010 | Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Biological drives are part of what it is to be human. Hungry? Eat. Thirsty? Drink. Desire for intimacy or to recreate? Have sex. We’re more than a collection of biological drives. Secondary drives include reward and punishment drives. When you want folks to do things,...
Aug 6, 2010 | Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
Exerpts from an interview with Terri. Values drive success. To be innovative, you have to create an environment of collaboration. The power of small teams comes from DuPont’s practice of problem solving. Gore settled in on the idea as the basis for the entire Gore...
Aug 5, 2010 | Leading the Church, Pop Culture, US Politics
TENSION and PRESSURE allows a person to throw a baseball and accomplish things that people consider to be entertaining. Every organization has problems that shouldn’t be solved and tensions that shouldn’t be resolved. For example, you manage the tension between work...
Aug 5, 2010 | Leading the Church, Pop Culture, US Politics
Dr. Zhao Xiao: Beyond Economy: China’s Transformation with the Cross There are really only four international platforms through the sweep of history. Economics, Political, Sports, and Faith. China wasn’t prominent on that fourth stage — until now. Bill...
Sep 5, 2009 | General, Leading the Church, Methodism, Pop Culture, US Politics
A colleague recently wrote a VERY interesting post for his blog. He recently discovered that some of his blog posts were upsetting folks. He was asking too many questions. So what did he do? He asked more questions. You can read the post here: Hard Questions, Hard...
Sep 29, 2008 | General, US Politics
I first heard this concept recently at a PTA meeting. In light of the current financial crisis, I thought it appropriate. One can also see the correlation to discipleship. It is good to realize that disciplined lives are the standard suggested and even demanded by...
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