In Take This Bread, Sara Miles tells her story. She writes about how working in restaurants in New York deepened her love of food. She writes about working as a journalist in the midst of armed conflicts in Central America. She writes about the birth of her daughter. She writes about being raised without spiritual […]
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Having come from the world of business before becoming a lead pastor of a church I have seen a lot of things that parallel each other. However, it seems as if ministry leaders often want to distance themselves from things that are done in business. I think this is a mistake. Corporate business and the
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A lot of progressive leaders within the local church spend time studying leadership from people such as Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric or Howard Schulz, founder and CEO of Starbucks. For me, one of the great leaders whom I respect is John Maxwell. At one time Mr Maxwell was known as Pastor Maxwell,
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I never met Steve Jobs in person; he inspires me as he does so many people. First, his creations remind me of the satisfaction that comes from doing good work with well-designed tools. Second, his example reinforces my core value that work can, and should, be enjoyable. For many years, I tried to enlist in
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At times, I have clearly been more of an activist than a contemplative. At other times, I have relied more on the contemplative aspects of whom I am. More and more, I see these two strengths coming together. Much of my life has been shaped by my deep commitment to getting things done. Achieving things
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One of the principles behind my Craft Brewery Pilgrimage is that leadership has a lot in common with creating a great craft brew. Being an effective leader begins with pulling together the best ingredients. Those ingredients include the resources you need to lead; the finest skills, financial resources, perseverance, the leadership qualities within your self,
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When I tell people that I am a leadership coach and a spiritual director, there tends to be some questions. Some people have a general idea of what a leadership coach does, but there are quite a few people who have very little idea of what a spiritual director might do. It does not help
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We tend to understand our lives as having ever-increasing level of complexity. Nearly instantaneous access to information from anywhere in the world at almost anytime shapes, and shatters, our thoughts and feelings. We connect with ever-growing networks of people who live in distant places; more and more diverse perspectives influence our own. We live in
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I was talking with some friends last week about being grateful. We agreed that being grateful is a good thing, and helps us become better people. We also recognized that our feelings of gratitude, which tend to be strongest when we take the time to reflect, often do not get translated into our actions. We
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When I tell people that I am a leadership coach, the ones who are most honest will ask something like, “What on earth does a leadership coach do?” I help people become better, more authentic, leaders. While not everyone is a leader, everyone could become a leader. Each of us searches for the leader that
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