By: Mathews Manaloor on April 7, 2025
After reading the books from the beginning of this class some very heavy theoretical others practical and most of them classics in their own rite it was really refreshing to read a play Full in four acts 14 scenes, with intermission, encore and various actors coming in and out of the stage with the director…
By: Michael Hansen on April 5, 2025
“What is next?” was my first thought after I hung up the phone. The sudden announcement of the 100M+ business loss still tumbled through my head. It had taken years to develop, nurture, and deliver extraordinary services for this large customer, and now it was scheduled to disappear within 90 days. My facility was now…
By: David Weston on April 4, 2025
I know I have said this before, but so much of my life has been spent fighting wars, sharing the love of Christ among those who have never heard, and as much as the first two, I am considered a raconteur. I love storytelling and have been around many excellent spinners of yarn. I really…
By: Christian Swails on April 4, 2025
Working with this three-pound organ in my skull has been my full-time job for most of my adult life. I’ve tried every productivity and management system I could find to keep the infinite areas of interest and responsibility passing through my awareness somewhat under control. There have been lots of fits and starts but rarely…
By: Chad Warren on April 3, 2025
In the film Inception, Dom Cobb warns, “What is the most resilient parasite?… An idea. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain, it’s almost impossible to eradicate.” The film explores how hidden thoughts shape reality, often without people realizing it. This premise mirrors a real-world truth: Much of our thinking is shaped by…
By: Diane Tuttle on April 3, 2025
Sway, Unravelling unconscious bias, by behavioral scientist, Dr. Pragya Agarwal, brings awareness to biases that exist and the discriminatory behavior that results from them. Specifically, she wanted to know why unconscious biases occur and how they are manifested within individuals[1]. Many implicit biases are based on who is part of the in-group and out-group. Using…
By: Daren Jaime on April 3, 2025
It was early on a Sunday morning. I was arriving at church, and upon entering, I greeted several of our leaders in the sanctuary who were preparing for worship. I was approached by a couple who had recently joined our congregation. They were prominent members in our community. The husband a public figure whose status…
By: Debbie Owen on April 3, 2025
I’ve been trying to understand it all. How can people who profess to follow Jesus have such completely different perspectives on the answers to the questions, “Who is my neighbor?” and “Am I my brother’s keeper?” And if those of us who follow Jesus say we want to become more like Him in all our…
By: Julie O'Hara on April 3, 2025
I am putting all my cards up front. Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Pragya Agarwal was a depressing read for me. Dr. Agarwal is a behavioral and data scientist who writes and speaks about the impacts of unconscious bias in numerous arenas and specializes in gender. Although the book covered other topics, I chose to…
By: Christy on April 3, 2025
“We need one person in your table group to facilitate the conversation and one person to take notes,” instructed the leader of a working group. I sat at a table of a dozen men as the only female, and several eyes came towards me. Finally, one of them said, “Christy, do you mind taking notes…
By: Kari on April 3, 2025
“The woman at the bank would not let us make the transaction because she was Arab. The lady who usually works at the bank is black and always permits me to complete this transaction.” Sadly, in my host country, there is often open discord and discrimination between light-skinned Arabs and dark-skinned African ethnicities. In an…
By: Jeremiah Gómez on April 3, 2025
As I write these words, I’m keenly aware of neurology. Not as a (formal) student of neurology or brain physiology but as a patient. One Sunday a few years ago, I awoke to strange sensations and cognitive fog that progressed to the point that a day later, I was unable to walk under my own…
By: Darren Banek on April 3, 2025
The French poet Marcel Proust is credited with the paraphrased quote “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” This loose paraphrase is from The Prisoner, published in 1923, and is taken from volume five of his seven-volume work, Remembrance of Things Past. The original statement is…
By: Graham English on April 3, 2025
In my denomination, both egalitarian and complementarian views regarding women in eldership coexist. Each local church is tasked with determining its stance and practice through a structured process. This position has proven to be difficult, as it represents one of the more contentious issues our denomination has faced. The church I pastored had decided many…
By: Robert Radcliff on April 3, 2025
The subtitle of this post is: “What did the basal ganglia say to the prefrontal cortex? Why are you always pushing your liminality down into me! And other jokes for doctoral students.” This week, I read Your Brain at Work by David Rock. This book is a confluence of psychology and leadership, applying insights about…
By: Joel Zantingh on April 3, 2025
Pragya Agarwal’s book Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias reminded me of the time a few years ago when I took the Implicit Association Test (IAT) from Harvard’s Project Implicit. With my conviction that all people are created in the image of God and are equally worthy of love and life, I thought I would achieve neutrality.…
By: Betsy on April 3, 2025
What power do humans have and what power do we think we have? As leaders these are crucial questions to wrestle with as we intentionally seek to build cultures where power is used to help rather than harm. Within my work I aim to empower those we support, so that they feel equipped to create…
By: Ivan Ostrovsky on April 2, 2025
This week’s reading, Your Brain at Work by Dr. David Rock, reminded me of “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman, which we read a few weeks ago. Both books break down how our brains function. Kahneman explains the two systems in our minds—one that operates on autopilot and another that activates when we need…
By: Alex Mwaura on April 2, 2025
In 2015, Devex published an article titled, “5 Things to Know About the Next Generation Development Professional.” The author outlined the following five traits required of a future development worker: Integrators are key Jack of all (funding) trades Invest in education and learning skills Soft skills are critical Constant upskilling [1] Fast forward to 2025;…
By: Joff Williams on April 2, 2025
“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment” Romans 12:3 Getting perspective The first take of the recording was over. We put our musical instruments aside and walked over to the console booth, eager and excited to listen to what the engineer had captured of…
