Two weeks ago a friend and I took a bike trip. I bought a book—Road Biking Minnesota—so we drove up to Willmar, Minnesota, the place where I was born and lived until the 6th grade. I've been back many times but this time felt different. We stopped…

I'm wondering—What did colleges, churches, and ministry organizations do before all the new leadership literature that has clarified goals, objectives, and processes? Thankfully, we have been blessed with new forms of leadership that clarify the essential issues: This new paradigm shines a badly needed light on the inefficient processes of…

https://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY The longevity of REM's song “The End of the World as we Know it” speaks to it's symbolic creativity. It pops up in the strangest places—from movies like Chicken Little, to political speeches decrying the cultural shifts that have transformed the idyllic peace and harmony of mid twentieth century…

I've tried hard to stay away from the leadership jargon that gets thrown around organizations. I'm certainly not opposed to leadership; it's a lot like beauty—hard to describe, but you know it when you see it. So it's ironic that I'm teaching a class on leadership. I've taught the class…

"The cultural race to the bottom is a myth; we do not live in a fallen state of cheap pleasures that pale beside the intellectual riches of yesterday… All around us the world of mass entertainment grows more demanding and sophisticated, and our brains happily…

https://youtu.be/pXRviuL6vMY Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol’ days,When our momma sang us to sleep but now we’re stressed out.We used to play pretend, give each other different names,We would build a rocket ship and then we’d fly it far away,Used to…