Diversity

Not a White Christmas for Everyone

December 23, 2011

This is one of my favorite posts to put up every Christmas – straight from my neighbor’s porch…Merry Christmas!! ————————- I took this picture last week on my neighbors front porch because it’s awesome. It’s a life-sized, African-American Santa statue. I love this season, but as part of the majority culture (from an ethnic standpoint) [...]

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New Article: SIX Postures!

November 1, 2011

I’m excited to spread the word about a new resource/article I’ve been putting some work into. I’ve only done some editing work, but several staff I work with on my team in Epic as well as others in Destino and Nations have written a great article telling the other side of the story of the [...]

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How do you keep leaders from pressing the Eject button?

September 29, 2011

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Future of Cru

After some good dialogue in my last post on the Civil Rights Movement, here is Post #5 in my series on the Future of CRU and it was inspired by a post Michael Hyatt tweeted out on retaining talent. It’s worth reading because this is such an under-appreciated element of leadership and in ministry especially. [...]

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Where Were We? Where Are We Now?

September 25, 2011

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Future of Cru

As I embark on this fourth post in my series of posts related to culture change and the future of Cru in the wake of it’s name change, I’d like to go into seldom discussed territory that can be instructive for us as an organization today. As before, I write because I believe these conversations [...]

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Article: Expanding the Circle!

September 22, 2011

I wanted to share a quick link to an article by a teammate of mine, Adrian Pei, that was published in Inheritance Magazine, what I understand to be the only Asian American Christian Magazine. It gives a great window into the quality of people I get to work with in Epic and the kind of [...]

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Names and Reputations

September 19, 2011

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Future of Cru

After the first post on Transferable Training, it’s time for post #2 in this short blog series on some of what I perceive to be needed culture change in CRU as we move into the future with a new name and renewed commitment to what God has called the organization to. And in light of [...]

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Pursuing the Good in Ethnic Ministry

August 20, 2011

**This is a re-post of the recent post I co-wrote with Destino Eric from destinoyearbook.com to platform and provide context for the article we co-wrote along with Tommy Forester mentioned here. I’m re-posting for those that would feel more comfortable engaging the discussion here and just to let you know if you never visited the [...]

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Am I Jerk Just Because Someone Else Was?

August 2, 2011

Maybe. But Sometimes We Can Change That. One morning when I went to order some breakfast at a local establishment near my house, the waitress, a 5′ Latina, asked me with big eyes, “You’re not going to yell again at me are you?” I was taken off guard and I was searching my brain, thinking [...]

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Five Postures Towards Ethnic Ministry (Mobile)

July 20, 2011

We released this article first at destinoyearbook.com. I wanted to re-post it here in a mobile phone compatible format and for those that might not have checked it out yet. To print or download this article as a pdf click on this link When you hear the phrase “Ethnic Minority Ministry” or “Ethnic Ministry” what [...]

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