By: Greg Reich on September 9, 2020
Some things in life are counterintuitive! Simplify put, leaders often lean on their gut and rely on intuition to get things done. When I was a manager in the natural gas pipeline industry overseeing multimillion-dollar projects I was a decision making gun slinger. Give me 50% of the data needed along with the knowledge of…
By: Shawn Cramer on September 9, 2020
Each fall I seek a word, phrase, or verse to act as a north star of sorts for the coming year. I’ve come to call them “advance words.” Years past have included, “Lift your eyes,” “Back to basics,” and “Be strong and courageous.” This year’s word revealed itself very clearly on an early drive –…
By: Darcy Hansen on September 8, 2020
In “Land Art,” environmental artist, Andy Goldsworthy, partners with Waldemar Januszczak to listen, observe, and “engage with the context”[1] as they walk along the Scottish borders. Their goal is to bring forth something new from that which already exists.[2]Goldsworthy enters the landscape, reflective and fully present, he notices a “huge, heavy sense of death and decay”…
By: Chris Pollock on September 7, 2020
There was a time in my life when all that had to be said to win my support on a controversial subject was, ‘the Bible says it’s true’. Another way to gain my vote would have been to affirm God’s agreement or disagreement with regards to an issue that was up for debate.…
By: Shawn Cramer on September 3, 2020
Our imagination for engagement with the world stems directly and without exception from our cultural framework. Our actions, furthermore, necessarily emerge from how we imagine the world. This imagination is molded and shaped by the stories that captivate our hearts. “Our hearts traffic in stories,” theologian James K. A. Smith teaches (Imagining the Kingdom, 32…
By: Greg Reich on September 3, 2020
“If you have excess order, you still have order, but if you have excess liberty, you have chaos.” Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History In Taking America Back for God; Christian Nationalism in the United States authors Andrew Whitehead and Samuel Perry, with the use of “large scale quantitative data”, unfold the many dynamics…
By: Jer Swigart on September 2, 2020
I grew up in a white, conservative, Christian military town among the cornfields and dairy farms of western Wisconsin. We celebrated our veterans, waved American flags whenever we could, preferred white folk over people of color, were pro-life, and spoke frequently about God’s special blessing on the U.S.A. In 1991, I viewed Operation Desert Storm…
By: Darcy Hansen on September 1, 2020
Dying is ugly and hard. It requires a distinct letting go of known and comfortable places of life that steady us along the journey and an entering into the mystery of the unknown. Sadly, in America, within our medical, religious, political, and family systems, few are able to release control and allow new life to…
By: Rhonda Davis on July 6, 2020
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By: Mary Mims on July 1, 2020
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By: Wallace Kamau on June 23, 2020
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By: Tammy Dunahoo on June 22, 2020
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By: John Muhanji on June 8, 2020
Building Bridges
By: Digby Wilkinson on June 7, 2020
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By: Jenn Burnett on June 1, 2020
The Plan
By: Sean Dean on June 1, 2020
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By: Harry Edwards on May 24, 2020
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By: Rev Jacob Bolton on May 19, 2020
Hello LGP9, Here is my PLDP Prezi. Hold Fast, Jacob
By: Andrea Lathrop on May 18, 2020
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By: Karen Rouggly on May 17, 2020
Hi all, Here’s the link for my PLDP Presentation. Thanks!
