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May 17, 2013

Friday's News & Ideas

  • Pope: Money has to serve
  • Faith in Silicon Valley
  • UK Christianity slipping fast
  • College president woes
  • UMR Communications closing
  • Wedding poems
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May 16, 2013

Repeat

If you only try something once, you’ll never get good at it.

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May 16, 2013

Thursday's News & Ideas

  • Ministry as sales
  • Honest to God, at 50
  • Cloning debate revives
  • New president at Iliff
  • Copts leaving Egypt
  • Mayhem in N.O.
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May 15, 2013

Wednesday's News & Ideas

  • Old churches in Devon
  • Myth of Christian persecution
  • Boogeyman approacheth
  • Families are Forever
  • Pastors of LA
  • Mel Brooks: American Master
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May 14, 2013

Taking time from the day-to-day to take the long view

Some work cultures discourage leaders from reflecting on their practice of leadership and the institution’s strategic direction. But this time is vital -- and it’s up to the leader to encourage it.

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May 14, 2013

Tuesday's News & Ideas

  • Berry & an ethic of life
  • Not the Boy Scouts
  • U of K buys Lexington campus
  • 10-point tour of the underworld
  • Catholicism surges in Global South
  • Lunch with the Archbishop
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May 13, 2013

Monday's News & Ideas

  • Rabbi as CEO-teacher-leader
  • Evangelicals & immigration reform
  • Running with Malcolm Boyd
  • Baptist Seminary downsizing
  • Meet they neighbor
  • When helping hurts
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May 10, 2013

Friday's News & Ideas

  • Roots of benevolence
  • Graduation & public religion
  • Pope & nonbelievers
  • Day, Merton, O’Connor & Percy
  • Creationism fails the test
  • Power watching
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May 9, 2013

Small enough to do and big enough to matter

Employees need to know how to spend their time each day -- but they also want their work to intersect with their sense of vocation and contribute to an institutional vision.

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May 9, 2013

Thursday's News & Ideas

  • Burying Tsarnaev
  • Pope: No careerists
  • Cheerleaders' religious banners OK
  • Quietly dropping Baptist name
  • Church failure in Mo.
  • Grandma's rallying cry
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May 8, 2013

Wednesday's News & Ideas

  • Real reason for church decline
  • It depends on commitment
  • CEO burnout
  • Tebow: Last evangelical celebrity?
  • Connecting by erasing boundaries
  • Talk a walk
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May 7, 2013

Creating institutional balance, playfulness and harmony

The ancient art form of rock balancing offers Christian leaders lessons on patience, creativity, attention to detail and joy.

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May 7, 2013

Tuesday's News & Ideas

  • More than the Christian right
  • Faith & work
  • State funds for Princeton TS?
  • Ex-UMC pastor opens beach bar church
  • Religion & end-of-life care
  • Thank you for not sharing
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May 6, 2013

Monday's News & Ideas

  • How do we share a world?
  • Fundraising myths
  • I want to be a burden
  • Improbable cowboy pastor
  • Religious speech / hate speech
  • Wild kingdom
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May 3, 2013

Friday's News & Ideas

  • PK stress
  • Kierkegaard still matters
  • Rancher on religion & animal rights
  • Hollywood goes biblical
  • Nones & prayer
  • Cure for distractions
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