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Doctor of Leadership in Global Perspectives: Crafting Ministry in an Interconnected World

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Joy to the World

By: on February 9, 2023

RARE; how one may describe good leadership today.  It is definitely implied by authors Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder in their book Rare Leadership: 4 Uncommon Habits For Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead.  Wilder, who holds a Ph.D. in Psychology and an M.A. in theology, and Warner, who holds a…

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A R.A.R.E. Definition of Leadership

By: on February 9, 2023

In my early years of ministry, I heard repeated ideas about the essence of leadership. “Leaders have a bias toward action” and “Leaders get things done” were common descriptions voiced about the identifying marks of strong leadership. In Rare Leadership, Doctors Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder point in a different direction than outcome-based definitions and…

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Ending the day on a joyful note~

By: on February 8, 2023

RARE Leadership is a leadership development book written by Marcus Warner and Jim Wilder. Dr. Marcus Warner received his seminary education from Trinity Evangelical Divinity, and he is the president of Deeper Walk International, an organization that focuses on equipping ministry leaders to help them grow in their identity and leadership. Dr. Jim Wilder has…

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You Decide?

By: on February 8, 2023

In all honesty, when I first read the title, my heart sank and a bit of math phobia was reactivated.  In 1990, Ray Hembree, from Adrian College, conducted a meta-analysis of 151 studies concerning math anxiety. The study determined that math anxiety is related to poor math performance on math achievement tests and to negative…

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When You Point a Finger…

By: on February 8, 2023

I got a D in statistics in college. Yep. I tell you that because several of you have admitted your own inadequacies when it comes to math and statistics. To be fair to me, my statistics class was at 8am in winter quarter in Davis, CA where between tule fog and rain it was always…

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It’s a Process

By: on February 8, 2023

Rare Leadership: 4 Uncommon Habits for Increasing Trust, Joy, and Engagement in the People You Lead is a leadership book that incorporates elements of neuroscience and psychology. Written by Jim Wilder and Marcus Warner, the combined duo provide a breadth of experience to speak to the spiritual, mental, and social elements of leadership. Dr. Wilder…

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From now on, Your Name is Mufasa

By: on February 8, 2023

The reading this week was terrific. King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft and Steven Pressfield’s War of Art are both full of nuggets for anyone willing to take a rip of faith and grow their potential against all odds. Pressfield, in War of Art, speaks of our two lives and the internal demon…

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What’s Relationships Got To Do With It?

By: on February 8, 2023

A quick Amazon search for “leadership books” will yield over 50,000 results, so either the market is desperate for more leadership wisdom that many people struggle to lead or something else altogether. I am glad I chose to write a book for clergy and congregational leaders for my doctoral project… Don’t fact-check me on this,…

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Numbers: Can I Trust Them?

By: on February 7, 2023

When I read the title of the book for this week’s blog post I cringed. I’m not very good with numbers. When I went to my bookshelf to retrieve, How to Read Numbers, by Tom Chivers and David Chivers it was not there. I hadn’t purchased the book! Maybe I was in denial and holding…

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A Writer’s Sacred, Boring, Unassuming, Sanctuary

By: on February 7, 2023

Let’s begin with a thought experiment. What is the first image that comes to mind when you hear the word “writer.” If you’re anything like me, you imagine the likes of an Albert Camus with a life of great freedom, creativity, and ease of work. I mean, how hard can putting one’s thoughts on paper…

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Lies, damned lies, and statistics

By: on February 6, 2023

When someone quotes a statistic in a conversation with me, I’ve been known to respond: “Did you know that 78% of all statistics are made up on the spot?” What varies is that I make up a different number, every time, on the spot. It’s a slightly sarcastic way to let them know that I’m…

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Things Are Better Than I Think-When I Eat The Frog

By: on February 5, 2023

Eat That Frog: 21 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time is a book by Brian Tracy and has become a resource for business managers and academics alike. [1} Doctor Clark mentioned this concept, “Eat the Frog” last semester during a zoom call; this jumped out at me as I have…

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Money Money Money

By: on February 5, 2023

“Evangelicalism in Modern Britain” is a seminal work (Bebbington quadrilateral anyone?) by British historian David Bebbington, which explores the evolution of Evangelicalism as a religious and cultural force in modern Britain. Bebbington argues that Evangelicalism has played a significant role in shaping British society, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries, and continues to influence…

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လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး စာမေးပွဲ

By: on February 5, 2023

လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး စာမေးပွဲ  (pronounced ) luuwainmhukyeekyautrayy hcarmayypwal (say that 10 times fast) Means – Immigration Quiz in Myanmar (Burmese) ….and with that BEGIN! Immigration Quiz: (answers at the end of my comments).  1) 1 in 3 businesses in _____are owned by immigrants.  Although they make up about 24% of the population, 32.2% of all businesses in the…

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Ups, Downs and Push Onward

By: on February 5, 2023

Self-Reflection Ups, downs and pushing forward is how I felt I should do in this journey. Since being accepted into this program, I was so thankful with this privilege and cannot wait to start. As I started, I kind of realize that this format is so foreign to me, sometimes I contemplate giving in, and…

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Nothing New Under the Capitalist Sun

By: on February 4, 2023

One of the greatest fallacies is to assume that your moment in history is the most important. There is a sheer arrogance that results from disregarding how the past has shaped the cultural and societal complexities that exists today. It is a type of myopic view that even a brief wadding in the streams of…

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Exploring a Similar Thought of Another Nature

By: on February 3, 2023

Introduction How does culture affect our belief in God and the way we think and live our lives? It’s an interesting question to ponder, so that we can make mindful decisions on the direction in which we want our lives to go or at least understand more clearly where we’ve come from and where we’re…

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Pushing Against the Tide

By: on February 3, 2023

In “The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions,”[1] Jeffrey Sachs deftly combines the long arc of history with policy recommendations for the here and now. His book is classified under the rubric of economic and global history, a subsection of the social sciences. Sachs, an expert in the field of sustainable development, teaches in…

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Freedom to Change

By: on February 3, 2023

Jason Clark’s Evangelicalism and Capitalism: A Reparative Account and Diagnosis of Pathogeneses in the Relationship takes aim to expound on the relationship between Evangelicalism and Capitalism that Bebbington alludes to in his work Evangelicalism in Modern Britain. Clark’s main argument is that the doctrine of assurance arose to address inner anxieties but created new anxieties…

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