Reading with Fitch and Holsclaw
Recently I committed to review several books for TheOoze.com. I intended to get about four books over the course of a year. I received Pete Gall’s My Beautiful Idol and wrote a couple of posts. Not...
View ArticleRoll the Video! Put in the Earbuds!
I recently wrote of attending the Coldplay concert in OKC. I am a fan of Chris Martin’s music. I met some rabid fans. Likely some paid much higher prices for their tickets than we did. Others may have...
View ArticleFollowing Godin’s Advice … Dreaming of Theological Education on Demand
I am nearing my trek through Seth Godin’s Linchpin. One of the ways Godin has prodded me is with his suggestion that many keep what they are thinking to themselves out of fear of what the “teacher”...
View ArticleReverse Mentoring? What about Reverse Learning? Adora Thinks So
Brad sent me a link to this TED video. Once you get past the reality Adora is 12 years old, you will still be enamored with her grasp of what it would mean to learn from each other. What do you think?...
View ArticleHe Would Be Teaching Sunday School
Lyle teaching? The surprise some would express came not because they thought Lyle was not sharp enough. No, it was really the result of his “first impression” temperament. Quiet. Reserved. Give Lyle...
View ArticleExcursus: Learning Parties (Soularize) and the Scary Other (In the Hallway)
Soularize Ten – or Soularize 2011 – will be held in San Diego next month. Ironically, my first venture into the hallway with those scary others took place in San Diego. If there were approved reading...
View ArticleSo I Went Golfing or, Practice Is Necessary
Blogging often reflects life. The ebbs and flows of consistent writing tend to depend on the schedule. Some weeks there is ample time to craft a post. Other weeks it seems a post is a passing thought....
View ArticleMentors- Get Some: 1 of 20 Looking Back, Looking Ahead Part 2
Philip Brooks wrote that preaching is, “truth conveyed through personality.” Yet, most young preaches are scared of who they are so attempt to emulate another. Who was my choice in those days? W.A....
View ArticleLeaders Are Always Learners: 3 for 20 Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Leaders sometimes fall into various traps for failure to kill hubris. Remember the fatal flaw of the Greek Tragedies? Pride. The Sacred Text warns that it “goes before the fall.” Hubris whispers in the...
View ArticleVincent van Gogh’s Rembrandt, Nouwen’s van Gogh and Carol Berry’s Gift
Twenty or so years ago I read Leonard Sweet’s soulTsunami. Tucked away in that long description of the to-come for the church and religious life was a reference to Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, The...
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