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Category Archives: Leadership

Lincoln Spoke for Two Minutes and Changed the World

October 19, 2009

Lincoln believed that good language could not only capture ideas, but it could communicate, motivate, clarify, encourage. Good language could move the nation toward understanding its own identity. Read more»

Deep Nerves on Health Care

October 12, 2009

Could core themes for American democracy, as described in the 1800s by Alexis de Tocqueville, help explain at least some of the heated debate about health care? Read more»

Why Community Matters

September 28, 2009

Watch President Philip W. Eaton’s newest video describing why the best learning takes place in community. He includes thoughts on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s classic book, Life Together.

Focusing Again on What Really Matters

August 24, 2009

We’ve got to focus on what matters. These thoughts all came into clearer focus for me over the weekend while I was sitting in a vibrant worship service at the Lawndale Community Church in Chicago’s Westside. Read more»

Leading With Grace — What Really Matters

June 20, 2009

David Hubbard, longtime president at Fuller Seminary, was a towering figure for me about how to lead courageously, with conviction and clarity, and yet to lead with grace. Read more»