Leadership
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Missed communication in misbehavior
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5 min read
Parents struggle from the moment their babies are born to understand them. We listen intently to hear the different cries–the I’m-hungry cry; the I-want-you-to-hold-me cry; the I-refuse-to-admit-I’m-tired cry; and the far too common I-just-want-my-way cry. The discerning parent learns to tell the difference in these cries. Each has a differed tone and different facial expressions.…
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Power to the People (Women’s Rights Remix)
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4 min read
Power to the People “Turn it up! Turn it up! Power to the people, y’all!” –Public Enemy, Power to the People By now you have heard of the class-action suit against Wal-Mart and this week’s decision by the Supreme Court to throw out the case. The case made news in two very important ways. First,…
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changing my name
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2 min read
Maybe I shouldn’t, but I just did. I changed the name of this blog. Same address, new name. The Original Name When I first started blogging with WordPress, I began with a simple notion: that our approach as the church in planning for the future was MAD (mutually-assured destruction). My argument (which I still believe)…
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In abuse, sex is the weapon, power is the cause
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3 min read
The sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church has caused a great deal of speculation and fighting–ideological, political, theological–and all (theoretically) for the betterment of the church. A new study, which I expect to do little to squash the fighting and speculating, attempts to make good PR for the Roman church by countering the…
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Drop it like it’s hot?
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1 min read
In 2008, we were # 1. In 2009, we became #2. In 2010, we dropped to #3 in the world. In just two years, we went from playing world leader to catch up with China and Germany in the alternative energy market. As Gov. Jennifer Granholm highlights in this piece for the Huffington Post. Personally,…
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Of course there is a lot that is the same. Both have income and expenses, set by annual budgets. Both are deeply affected by the stock market and other investments. In this simple way, we can all pretend we are in the same boat. But the truth is much different. First, unlike the average family,…