[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] A parable… A man decided he’d like to go for a ride. As he pulled his […]
[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] So if a leader is convinced: “I need to have integrity, I want to build
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] The highest currency leaders trade on is trust. If there is trust between a leader and
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In the second half of this interview, Margaret Feinberg continues her discussion of The Sacred Echo: Hearing God’s Voice in Every Area of Your Life. She discusses the story of Elijah, and how God used repetitive urgings to bring his heart back to His own. She then addresses the church today, and how the spiritual landscape
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A new study based on demographics and mathematics claims that in nine countries organized religion of any sort “will be driven toward extinction” in the years to come. The countries named are Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland and Switzerland. What do you think about this article? And what does this
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] (As a follow up to last week’s post on spiritual leadership, Getting Through Tough Times, an
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] We don’t seem to use the word “perseverance” very often. Maybe it’s because it’s got the
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If you’re in the Milwaukee area, here’s a presentation I’ll be doing at Elmbrook Church…
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In part 1 of this interview, Margaret Feinberg discusses one of her recent books, The Sacred Echo: Hearing God’s Voice in Every Area of Your Life. There seems to be a repetitive nature to God’s voice in our life, she says….often a word or idea or feeling will occur over and over, finally causing us
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] In today’s world creativity is a higher and higher value in almost any enterprise. In business,
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When I went through the mail today I found and opened a box and was surprised and delighted to find six copies of my book I Want to Believe: Finding Your Way in an Age of Many Faiths in a brand new German translation. I didn’t even know a German publisher had picked up on
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[This article is part of the “spiritual leadership today” study/discussion going on this year. For all articles in the series, click the Spiritual Leadership tab at the top of the page. To have them delivered, subscribe to The Brook Letter] How can we know when a God-given opportunity is opening up before us? Here are some
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Not a good idea to pursue wisdom via bumper stickers. But then again, if you just need to smile today… (thanks to Michael Duduit). 1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set. 2. A day without sunshine is like night. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. Half the
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I find Steven Johnson interesting. He looks at science, culture, and history from a particular perspective, wanting to figure out how really great ideas develop. (This is not a spiritual or religious perspective.) He’s been talking recently about how the connectedness we have today through new forms of communication is a great opportunity for partial
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