Teenagers have trouble thinking about the future when making decisions in the present. Not news. The debate on the developmental neuropsychology – and policy-making – tables seems to be whether this inability to be future-minded has more to do with …
Thank goodness. Researchers agree that teens are “mental and physical works in progress.” Whew. At least we have the scientific community on our side.
Meanwhile, cosmetic surgeons continue to alter kids’ bodies each day, to the tune of 77,000 operations …
Here’s another temptation from Patrick Lencioni’s The Five Temptations of a CEO: the failure to have clear vision and clear goals.
What’s vision? My best definition, one I’ve heard multiple times and don’t know who to attribute it to, is …
I love re-reading books. I often feel like I learn and apply more the second time around (kind of like the way “Princess Bride” seems to get better every time I watch it).
I’m re-reading The Five Temptations of a …
A few weeks ago I posted about a video made by a group of high school students not far from here who shared some of their very real reflections and fears about the impact of the current economy on their …
Yesterday I had coffee with a youth worker. She’s Korean, and her family came from Korea to Canada. Then her parents left Canada to serve as missionaries in Ecuador.
I said to her, “So your parents are Canadian Koreans who …
My friend, Fritz Kling, just sent me a fascinating article by Malcolm Gladwell called “Late Bloomer.” It appeared in The New Yorker in October 2008 and I find the fact that Fritz sent an article on late blooming to me …
A few days ago I blogged about a really great phone conversation I had with a few sharp youth leaders from the same church. They called because their Sunday mornings have gotten a bit dry.
I asked them two questions …
Yesterday, Dr. Bill Enright, Executive Director of the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, visited Fuller. Bill’s a Fuller alum and he gave a fantastic 2 hour presentation on Religious Giving.
Some …
I had a great phone conversation with two very sharp youth leaders from the same church today. I asked them the question that I’m asking lots of folks these days, “How is the economy affecting you?”
Their church is responding …
