Culture

Jumping the Line as a Moral Act

March 9, 2011

I read this recently from Seth Godin on innovation and the status quo… “Too often, we’re persuaded that initiative and innovation and bypassing the status quo is some sort of line jumping, a selfish gaming of the zero sum game. Most of the time it’s not. In fact, what you do when you solve an [...]

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Anxiety as Teacher

November 17, 2010

I’ve enjoyed some of the discussion that has stemmed from the post “Are You Better Off Being Cross-Culturally Clueless” and wanted to take it another step.Tom commented about how there is a inherent servanthood in entering into the anxiety that comes from being and living in a different world and different context. He made some [...]

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Missional Coaching (Article)

October 14, 2010

In the future I’ll be converting some resources or articles I’ve written and start to polish up and consolidate them on this site since most haven’t been in any accessible place up to this point.This is an article that I wrote I believe in 2005 for the purpose of helping train coaches of short-term mission [...]

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Leading Three Sheets to the Wind

September 11, 2010

This entry is part 2 of 10 in the series Leading on the Seas

I thought for the next installment of my unorganized series of posts that I could call “Leading on the Seas” that I would choose one of the more colorful terms in sailing lore – three sheets to the wind. I’ve been physically about 50% or less for the past 10 days so I’m excited to [...]

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Thoughts on Silos (Review)

August 5, 2010

I just finished Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni. I have heard him speak a bit on the topic and have read some HBR articles in which he summarizes his theory, but never read the book.This past year I’ve been thinking about some of the dynamics illustrated and covered in the book, but [...]

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Israel, Environment, and Identity

June 4, 2010

I wanted to post today a follow-up post to my dad’s two guest posts the past few days on how culture and environment impacts and influences identity formation – for leaders and for all people for that matter. This post is a summary of some of the comment interaction on the second post, but since [...]

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Cultural Pressure Part Two

June 3, 2010

Here is the second of two guest posts contributed by Tom Virtue. You can click here to read “Cultural Pressure Part One.” This is a continuation of those thoughts and I’d encourage you to spark some interaction and dialogue by raising questions or leaving a comment of your own. ______________________________________________________________ “Would the girl/boy you were [...]

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Cultural Pressure Part One

June 2, 2010

Today is the third guest post of 2010 here on this blog and another family member has stepped up to the challenge and this time for a two-day guest post mini-series entitled “Cultural Pressure.” Today’s guest blogger is none other than my dad, Tom Virtue who’s been involved in Ministry Leadership and Field Campus Ministry [...]

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Retro-Worship Idea

April 25, 2010

This weekend (a packed out weekend) one of the memorable things Christine got to do was to share a bit in a senior citizen Sunday School group at the church I grew up in and am supported by. We’ve loved these opportunities over the last many years. They’ve ministered to us in so many ways [...]

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