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

Decisions Matter… (Keputusan Penting)

By: on April 18, 2024

Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results by Shane Parrish [1] provides practical tools to recognize crossroads moments, make better decisions and apply clear thinking to what truly matters in life. Shane shares a 4-step framework to navigate those moments effectively. Creating Space for Clear Thinking [2]: Parrish emphasizes that clear thinking is not…

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The Power to Abandon the Outcome

By: on April 18, 2024

Shane Parrish’s book, Clear Thinking, was a great book to end the semester on. This simple but helpful text has reminded me of many of the things we’ve been pondering over this term together, as well as other leadership learnings I’ve experienced along the way. Parrish mentions the importance in his introduction of being in a…

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Le Petit Voleur

By: on April 18, 2024

My phone kept ringing and ringing. Multiple calls from multiple unknown numbers kept showing up on my “missed calls” screen. I turned my phone on silent and was only answering calls from known friends. Friday night. All day Saturday. On Sunday one of the callers left a voicemail message, then another one, and still another…

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The Miss In Mistakes

By: on April 18, 2024

Living in suburban areas, having a vehicle is a necessity. I will never forget how a lifelong friend of mine called me up, asking if I could assist him as his car was having mechanical difficulties. He asked me to follow him to the mechanic, drop his vehicle off, take him to work and be…

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Pass It Along

By: on April 17, 2024

Coaching Little League baseball in the United States is both a challenging and fascinating sociological experience. On the one hand, you have the challenge of breaking down the complexities of baseball into “bite-sized,” understandable chunks. Seeking to find a clear and compelling way to explain to a 10-year-old that they cannot just keep running around…

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Bad Choices Make Good Stories … or Do They?

By: on April 17, 2024

INTRODUCTION Chris and I were at Target looking for something, I can’t remember what, and I spotted a t-shirt that had the words, “Bad Choices Make Good Stories.” Knowing that Chris would understand the double entendre, I grabbed it and held it up for him to see. He smiled. “Would you wear it?” I asked.…

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Inviting God to Safeguard Me from My Defaults

By: on April 17, 2024

Shane Parrish begins his book Clear Thinking by revealing a common misconception we often hold. We mistakenly believe that the future will work out if we get the big decisions right. Guilty as charged! However, Parrish argues it’s the ordinary moments that determine our future. [1] In Clear Thinking, Parrish draws lessons from the wisdom…

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Build The Life You Long For

By: on April 17, 2024

A few years ago, Wendy and I put on our backpacks and walked the Camino de Santiago. The Camino Frances is an 800-kilometre journey beginning in St. Jean Pied de Port, France and ending at the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. How do you walk 800 kilometres? One step at a time. One day…

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I Never Said My Life Was Pretty.

By: on April 17, 2024

The one thing I do know about myself is that I will take responsibility for my actions. The other thing that I know about myself is that I have lived in a fantasy land where everything is going to be okay, and I made decisions based on positive thinking rather than reality. So, this is…

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Let me Think about this

By: on April 16, 2024

Shane Parrish has a lot of information packed into his book Clear Thinking. His premise is that individuals  have the ability to shape their future by taking control of their actions one small step at a time.[1]  As a businessperson and entrepreneur, he draws on his many and varied experiences. Throughout the book he relies…

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Midnight Thinking

By: on April 16, 2024

Clear Thinking was a great book to end the semester on. It was a quick, easy read and applicable to many different situations. Shane Parrish builds on his experience within the Canadian Intelligence Agency and shares how to think through problems clearly, allowing oneself to make good, consistent decisions. He encourages good decision making by…

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Applying Good Judgment to Everyday Decisions

By: on April 16, 2024

Every day there are decisions that require the application of wisdom, or good judgment. Do I say yes or no to this speaking engagement? What 2 or 3 things are most important for me to accomplish today? What personal rules guide me away from impulses? Ultimately, there are so many decisions that we have to…

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BOLD, ARROGANT, AUDACIOUS, COMPELLING

By: on April 16, 2024

Before recalling five moments in this book that make it the best read of the semester, let’s deal with the author’s introduction. I am writing this blog on a long-haul flight and notice that the airline does not boast about its quality, service and experience, it lets the current flight and personnel try to convince…

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Knowing Your Vision

By: on April 15, 2024

I have been married for nearly twenty-six years and have four beautiful children.  Just over thirteen years ago, I sat down and wrote out a vision. I started it As a follower of Christ  Jesus, I want to have my family impact the world in a way that brings glory and honor to Christ, I…

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Responding to the Political Culture

By: on April 14, 2024

We live in a hyper-politicized society where one can readily see the world’s brokenness on multiple levels. This has often birthed arguments fueled by anger and grief, causing many to lash out at/demonize one another or avoid engaging in the sociopolitical arena altogether. However, rather than start a yelling match or excuse ourselves from the…

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Fighting fire with fire – still not effective

By: on April 13, 2024

When Christians equate evangelism with undermining cultural ideologies, it can quickly become white noise and easy to dismiss. In my work in the Canadian context, this distortion of evangelism that leads to less positive engagement, and more pushback even from within a marginalized Christian community. In September, 2021, Alpha Canada held a “Life Shared Summit”…

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Lost in Debate

By: on April 11, 2024

It was March 2020 and my long-suffering husband’s world was turned upside down when three vessels of estrogen and education invaded his work space, our home. One afternoon we all came home, not for dinner, but to stay. School was online and jobs were on hold. Let me introduce the players. Me: A fifty-ish woman…

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Is There Such a Thing as Absolute Liberty? (… Kebebasan?)

By: on April 11, 2024

Evangelization and Ideology: How to Understand and Respond to the Political Culture by Matthew Petrusek,[1] is a hard book to absorb, nevertheless it is thought provoking and confusing at the same time. Questions like, “What does it mean?” “Wait, what?” This is definitely a coffee table book to discuss with my friend Barry. I re-read…

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Pass the Salt, and Hide the Knives.

By: on April 11, 2024

In 1972, I was the 13-year-old son of two very conservative, far-right republican Catholic parents. It was what I knew. They had a very solid stance on politics and religion. It was tradition for me, my older brother, Mom, and Dad to share dinner and conversation every night. Also, in 1972, Richard Nixon was running…

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