Virginia Woolf on reading

by | May 10, 2015 | Uncategorized

Via Brain Pickings, a recap of Virginia Woolf’s advice on how to read a book: “Woolf — an eloquent champion of the joy of reading — considers reading not a means to some intellectual end, but an intellectual and creative reward in itself.”Amazon.com...

Help for the long term unemployed

by | May 7, 2015 | Uncategorized

Via Tuscaloosa News, a non-profit helping the long term unemployed: Platform to Employment…targets a major scar of the Great Recession: The 2.6 million Americans who have been jobless for over six months. Many of them have long felt ignored by employers who assume...

Rounding out the Gospel

by | May 6, 2015 | Uncategorized

Via Christianity Today, ensuring compassion joins with proclamation and formation in how the church interacts in communities: I learned that we needed to put compassion front and center. Compassion is a language Christians can understand in our hurting world: the need...

The question is how

by | May 4, 2015 | Uncategorized

Via Verge, a call for true leadership development: “…while most churches believe they have leadership development programs, in actuality they have programs that recruit and train volunteers.” The article leaves the next step up to you: how to develop leaders to impact...