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Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Is.30:21)
Browsing All Posts published on »November, 2008«
Whatever It Takes | Notes & Review
Paul Tough. Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada’s Quest To Change Harlem and America. Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Geoffrey Canada on Charlie Rose. Geoffrey Canada on Oprah, pt.1, pt.2. Geoffrey Canada at Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. “Going Big” on This American Life. NYTime.com article, “The Harlem Project.” 60 Minutes, The Harlem Children’s Zone. A […]
From Victim to Heroine
November 28, 2008
This video from Nicholas Kristof tells another story of courageous hope and victory through oppression. Be inspired, and add another heroine to your list of role models. Thank you, Kristof, for your “journalism of justice.” There seems to be very little on the internet regarding Mukhtar Mai’s school. Here’s what I found regarding her. Kristof’s […]
Doing Good, Departing from Evil: Research Findings in the Twenty-First Century
November 28, 2008
Carole J. Lambert, ed. Doing Good, Departing from Evil: Research Findings in the Twenty-First Century (American University Studies VII: Theology and Religion). Peter Lang Publishing: November, 2008. Though this book is yet to be made readily available, I’m doing my part in getting the word out about it, so that, as with many posts on […]
Books Not Bombs
November 27, 2008
(This is the second of two posts that highlight the endeavors that are helping to change the world through creative and contrarian ways of thinking.) This video on The Developments In Literacy programs is of a similar vein to one of Kristof’s previous articles, “It Takes A School, Not Missiles” in the NYTimes.com. The video […]
OLPC: One Laptop Per Child & Nicholas Negroponte’s TED Talk
November 26, 2008
(This is the first of two posts that highlight endeavors that are helping to change the world through creative and contrarian ways of thinking.) You can learn more about OLPC through the Amazon videos here, and their website: http://www.laptop.org/en/. You can buy the laptops at Amazon.com. Founded in 2005 by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte. Mission […]
Purple Cow | Notes & Review
November 26, 2008
Godin, Seth. Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable. Portfolio (Penguin) 2003. (145 pages). [the following notes are from a personal bibliography] So, it’s interesting why a marketing book would be in a bibliography such as mine. Couple reasons: a) if Godin is right, “everything we do is marketing-even if you’re not in the […]
Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars | Notes & Review
November 15, 2008
Patrick Lencioni. Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars: A Leadership Fable About Destroying the Barriers that Turn Colleagues into Competitors. (Jossey-Bass, 2006). As with Lencioni’s other books, Silos is a fable/parable that helps to illustrate the realities of these dysfunctions in real-life situations. While I felt that this story was slightly weaker, (and I do mean […]
Charter For Compassion | TED Prize Winner
November 13, 2008
This site launched today (November 13). The front site reads: Help us create a Charter for Compassion People of all nations, all faiths, all backgrounds, are invited to contribute. By recognizing that the Golden Rule is fundamental to all world religions, the Charter for Compassion can inspire people to think differently about religion. This Charter […]
Geert Wilders on Islam – Islam and the Future of Europe
November 11, 2008
This was sent to me by a friend. The whole video can be found here. The transcript in .pdf is here. My knowledge of Islam is very little, and so I’m delving into some study and books to gain a bit of a broader understanding. I post this here because there is one provocation that […]
2000 Pigs Sacrificed
November 3, 2008
While searching for illustrations for the story of the Demon Possessed Man in the Gospels (Matthew 8, Mark 5, Luke 8), we came across these pictures. Disturbing, and, like an accident, try to pull yourself away from looking… It still happens today… I couldn’t find any information on this deity, so if anyone has anything, […]
The 3 Big Questions for a Frantic Family | Notes & Review
November 3, 2008
I had the pleasure of hearing Patrick Lencioni in person (September 22, 2008) at a local YMCA fundraising event. Because I was solo, not attending with a big corporation (Wells Fargo was there, along with others), I was seated at “The Table Group” table; how fun is that? So, Pat walked up and after saying […]
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