By: Mike on May 23, 2018
Jackie Pullinger’s Chasing the Dragon is an inspiring mission focused reality-based book that shows the miraculous faith and obedience of one woman who the Holy Spirit called and led into the least reached and hard to reach places behind the Walled City of Hong Kong’s drug infested underworld. I connected immediately with Pullinger’s ministry of…
By: Mark Petersen on May 23, 2018
Thirty years after my first reading, I re-read Jackie Pullinger’s classic memoir, Chasing the Dragon, with a mixture of nostalgia and a bit of jadedness. The nostalgia took me back to those heady days of charismatic renewal and an outpouring of His Spirit, gifts that shape me still. The jadedness, it must be said, comes…
By: Greg on May 22, 2018
Jackie Pullinger, author of Chasing Dragons1, gave her life in service of the Lord working, living, and struggling with those many would consider beyond hope in the slums of Hong Kong. In this book, we journeyed with her through her calling, denials from other organizations, the perceptions of other missionaries of a single woman, and…
By: Stu Cocanougher on May 20, 2018
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By: Chip Stapleton on May 20, 2018
ed. note: the above (and below) picture/quotes are found at the beginning of ‘part 2: the Solution’ When I saw the name of the book we were assigned for this week, I have to admit that I actually laughed out loud. Nothing against William Bridges, and his book, Managing Transitions, but as one of…
By: Lynda Gittens on May 19, 2018
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By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on May 19, 2018
There is two words that come to my mind and begin with the same two letters—Change and Chaos. That pretty much sums up my life in a nutshell. Chaos is something I have definitely felt in this season of my life. It seems a though some of the change I am experiencing in my life…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on May 19, 2018
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By: Kristin Hamilton on May 18, 2018
“When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before.” – Mae West[1] My first work experience with organizational change and transition came when I was a brand new government employee at the age of 21. We were told there would be a major reorganization (forever nicknamed THE…
By: Katy Drage Lines on May 17, 2018
By mid-August, nothing looks better to an eight-month pregnant woman than a window air-conditioner. Lugging a waddling body up a hill in 90% humidity, the cool apartment seems like heaven. While the first sign of pregnancy seemed like a celebration, by the eighth month, you just want to get that damn thing out. “I’m so…
By: Stu Cocanougher on May 17, 2018
I grew up in a small town of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. We had one elementary school and one high school. Just as I became a preteen, Mt. Juliet grew enough that they built a separate Junior High School. As Nashville experienced rapid growth in the 1990s and beyond, my hometown changed to become a trendy…
By: Jim Sabella on May 17, 2018
Change is inevitable! In the time it takes for me to type this sentence things have already changed. For one, there are 18 words on this page that didn’t exist before. Now there’s 34. I know this is an oversimplification of an important reality, but it does illustrate how no thing, and therefore nothing ever…
By: Jennifer Dean-Hill on May 16, 2018
As a therapist, the predominate diagnosis I treat with my clients is adjustment disorder, with or without anxiety, or depression. This disorder is due to an individual enduring a major life stressor, everything from a death of a pet to the loss of a family member, marriage, or job, and are experiencing a difficult time…
By: Mary Walker on May 16, 2018
“Not in his goals but in his transitions man is great.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson William Bridges’ work has guided thousands of individuals and organizations through the transition process that accompanies change. Bridges was (he died in 2013) considered a preeminent authority on change and transition and transformed the way people think about change. His…
By: Lynda Gittens on May 16, 2018
http://www.strategies-for-managing-change.com/william-bridges.html CHANGE IS COMING!!! This book, Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, focuses on the leadership of an organization and how they approach sharing the decision of the change with those affected by the change. With many companies merging, downsizing, in bankruptcy, or closing this book would be a great asset for…
By: Kyle Chalko on May 13, 2018
This book had it’s limitations. The concept has it’s virtue. Let’s start with the former. David Livermore said in a self-promotion video on his website, “Cultural intelligence is your level effectiveness working across culture. In fact, CQ is proven to predict your success or failure in working in today’s global marketplace.” This opening statement I…
By: Christal Jenkins Tanks on May 12, 2018
Key Takeaways In reading and reflecting on chapter 2 “Experiencing Slow Death” of Robert E. Quinn’s book Deep Change, there were so many jewels but a few that stood out to me the most were: Transforming conflict into collaboration is the essence of leadership.[1] All organizations have some form of conflict. How a leader views…
By: Jason Turbeville on May 11, 2018
The first time I was faced with the need to have a cultural intelligence was my first international mission trip to Nis, Serbia. The person leading the trip was a former missionary who had just come back off the field so he and his wife could finish seminary. The first thing he did was give…
By: Chip Stapleton on May 11, 2018
The book The Deep Change Field Guide: A Personal Course to Discovering the Leader Within by Robert Quinn is a culmination of Quinn’s past works and (exactly as advertised) walks you through a process of discovery about what ‘Deep Change’ is and how to become a leader capable of navigating an organization (and yourself) through that deep…
By: Kristin Hamilton on May 10, 2018
When I worked for the government, our Executive Director asked each manager on her team to read Robert Quinn’s Deep Change. In my undergrad church ministry class, we were assigned the same book. In one of my MDiv classes, once again Deep Change was on the syllabus. Now, here I am in my final semester…
