“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton During World War II, the Dutch artist, Han van Meegeren, sold priceless art masterpieces worth more than half a billion dollars in today’s currency,…
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SOCIAL JUSTICE LEADERSHIP: TRANSFIGURING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION (Part 8)
“Let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.” ~ Amos 5:24 Pitcairn is a South Pacific island that was made famous by a group of mutineers that landed on its volcanic shores in the late 18th…
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UNFREEZING THE PANTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION: DEALING WITH THE VORTEX OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACEDIA
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt The polar vortex is a large upper-level zone of cold air that hovers over the northern artic region of the globe during the…
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TRANSFIGURING THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION (Part 1): TOWN OR GOWN?
“The height of the mountaintop is measured by the dismal drudgery of the valley, but it is in the valley that we have to live for the glory of God.” ~ Oswald Chambers America’s theological schools and seminaries are in…
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TRANSFORMATIONAL PHILANTHROPY (Part 1)
“If you think a gift is completed when the check clears, you’re a tax collector, not a fundraiser. If you think the gift is completed when the receipt is sent, you’re an accountant. If you think the gift is completed…
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THE GOSPEL OF ROSWELL (Part I) CREATING A LEGACY OF WISDOM
“Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding lift up her voice? She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, beside the way, where the paths meet. She cries out by the gates, at the entry of the…
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FINDING YOUR VOICE (Part I) THE AKATHIST HYMN FOR LEADERS
“I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.” ~ Psalms 81:10 Last week, Christians throughout the globe began their respective Paschal journeys. While Catholics…
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