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Notes and quotes: About American Workforce Academy

An article by Salena Zito gives some background about American Workforce Academy that parents and mentors of young people pursuing calling and career should think about. Main point: "[Mike] Rowe has been warning anyone who would listen that our skills gap in the...

UACFSF: Mark Tapscott on working on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSF, https://www.hillfaith.org/Mark Tapscott of HillFaith dropped in on us via Zoom on 2/25 to tell us about his ministry to Capitol Hill staff. Among other things, he leads a...

UACFSF: God’s intervention in life and history

"Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example..." (1 Timothy 4:12)Find online: #UACFSFAt our 2/18 meeting, we learned how Daniel, in Daniel 2:19-23, acknowledged God's intervention in life and history. Some points to ponder: God alone possesses wisdom and...

This will blow the doors off book publishing

Not just textbooks, which it targets, but also non-fiction (assuming the Boundless plan for monetizing the site works): What Boundless does is to map open source content to chapters and sections of dominant textbooks. Students can enter the name of the assigned...

You don’t own what you think you own

The Good Book says you can't take it with you, and we'll make sure you can't leave it behind: Customers own a license to use the digital files—but they don’t actually own them. Who inherits your iTunes library? - MarketWatch

You don’t own what you think you own

The Good Book says you can't take it with you, and we'll make sure you can't leave it behind: Customers own a license to use the digital files—but they don’t actually own them. Who inherits your iTunes library? - MarketWatch

Adaptive leadership concepts

I came across these ideas in an article about adaptive leadership that sounded similar to transformational leadership: Adaptive leadership Transformational leadership Know the organization. Ecosystems bound together by a common purpose, but steeped in difference...

Adaptive leadership concepts

I came across these ideas in an article about adaptive leadership that sounded similar to transformational leadership: Adaptive leadership Transformational leadership Know the organization. Ecosystems bound together by a common purpose, but steeped in difference...

Megachurches are megaterrific, so some say

Came across this article about a study indicating that Americans really do like their megachurches. Why? “Corcoran attributes the rise in megachurches to charismatic pastors, optimistic messages and activities for every interest.” Let’s think about this...

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