What do you think is the path forward for leaders and the church in today’s highly anxious and reactive world? That is the central notion of Mark Sayer’s book, A Non-Anxious Presence:…
Tag: Family Systems
Good and Beautiful and Kind
I had a chance to read Rich Villodas’ new book Good and Beautiful and Kind, inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Tired” among other things. This is somewhat of a short book…
Quick Review: Managing Leadership Anxiety
Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs by Steve Cuss might have been one of the better books I read this year. It certainly was timely with the amount of anxiety every leader…
Quick Review: How to Lead When You Don’t Know WHere You’re Going
One of the books I read this fall in response to COVID-19 and leadership challenges in the pandemic world was Susan Beaumont’s How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going:…
Quick Review: Braving the Wilderness
It’s been a month or two since I read Brene Brown’s Braving the Wilderness. I’ve delayed writing something up on it because I’ve had mixed feelings about it. It’s both the book of…
Stats Lie Pt. 10 -Quick Thots From The Movie Moneyball
I am re-posting this blog in preparation for my next few posts that will relate to the book Moneyball and because I think this post and those to come belong in my…
Jay Cutler and Wanting Something That’s Just Not There
So after last night’s debacle and the media and social media aftermath last night and today, I find it to be incredibly appropriate to re-post this on Jay Cutler and his affect…
Stemming the Tide of Scapegoating
In the Systems & Power Leadership Community I facilitate yearly, one of the dynamics we explore relates to anxiety in groups and emotional systems and one of the things that we explore…
Advent and the Most Pernicious Program of All
Here’s the third post in my Advent and Star Trek series where we actually get to the advent part! This was originally posted on December, 3, 2011 ————————— So have you ever…