Leadership
Clergy…
‘Clergy are the last generalists… the last professionals to see human beings as more than the sum of their parts…’ (Overheard in a conference recently)…
Young people and faith
From a pastor-friend: What are the Chances that our Young People will have Faith? Perhaps the most commonly asked question we hear in the church today is “where are the young people?” Professor Marcus Borg in his book “Reading the Bible again for the First Time” (1) describes in simple language what I believe explains […]
Mega churches
From a pastor-friend: Re: http://www.utne.com/webwatch/2005_201/news/11673-1.html I’ve been thinking about church size in the light of a book I read recently called “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell. He talks about the “Rule of 150” – basically, that 150 is the limit of the amount of people humans can have genuine relationship with. Studies of hunter-gatherer […]
Books on Marriage
From a pastor-friend: I found “Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love & Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships” by David Schnarch very helpful, and return to it regularly. As its cover notes say “Respectful, erotic, uplifting, and spiritual guide to making love and intimacy a reality for every couple.”
Jesus: Servant Leader
The Scriptures say-“Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 2:5). Jesus is our servant/leader. In His ministry on earth he beautifully fused together servanthood and leadership. He was essentially a leader, undoubtedly a servant. In his personality, Jesus displayed both characteristics. He was a servant, He was a leader. […]
A Portrait of the Priesthood
A portrait of the priesthood by Megan Marz SojoMail 6-02-2005 A review of Priests: A Calling in Crisis, by Andrew Greeley. University of Chicago Press. Though its focus is narrow, Andrew Greeley’s recent book Priests: A Calling in Crisis reaches a conclusion that’s widely applicable – a conclusion from which not only a church divided, […]
Leadership
(Recently on a trip to the U.S. – May 2005 – someone recommended Bossidy’s book ‘Execution’ on leadership. Also, of course, ‘Good to Great’ and Covey’s ‘Principle-Centred Leadership’. Rowland). Lawrence A. Bossidy Lawrence A. Bossidy, 67, was Chairman of the Board of Honeywell International Inc. Mr. Lawrence A. Bossidy had served as Chairman and CEO […]
Paean to Pipe Organs
Sightings 5/30/05 Paean to Pipe Organs — Martin E. Marty Call this column “Hearings” this week, since it deals with something auditory, namely pipe organs. Pipe organs as a topic, when there is so much that is urgent in the religion-and-politics world? Yes. I keep in mind the Hans Kuitert book title Everything Is Politics […]
Going to church
P J O’Rourke – “I’ve always figured that if God wanted us to go to church a lot He’d have given us bigger behinds to sit on and smaller heads to think with.”
The Big Questions – Lou Marinoff
From a friend: From Lou Marinoff, “The Big Questions: How philosophy can change your life” Bloomsburey; London: 2003) … the pagan Roman emperor Nero cruelly put people to death for believing in Christianity. Some centuries later, the Inquisition cruelly put people to death for not believing its version of Christianity. p. 13 Deontology. This comes […]
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