A couple of years ago I wrote a post entitled “The Gift Our Fish Gave Us” as a reflection on how navigating the death of their fish after two years was developmental…
Author: Brian
Last to Know
It has occurred to me over time that very often the person in a given emotional system or community or organization with the most power is frequently and probably even consistently THE…
Quick Review – The Power of Negative Thinking
I just finished The Power of Negative Thinking: An Unconventional Approach to Achieving Positive Results by NCAA Coaching Legend Bob Knight. People who know me would recognize why I probably HAD to read…
Paternalism and When Helping Hurts
Not too long ago I finished When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor…and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert. If you aren’t familiar – it’s an exploration of…
Green Zone Leadership: Breaking Rules to Serve
This is a much delayed post in the series I’ve entitled “Green Zone Leadership,” which is a compilation of reflections and insights from reading Imperial Life in the Emerald City – the…
The Rush and Good Feeling of Progress
In honor of Black History Month I’m re-posting the following blog I posted a few months ago inspired by the accounts of James Meredith breaking the color barrier at Ole Miss. __________________…
Cross-Cultural Detachment: When Majority Folks Don’t Engage
As a white advocate in an ethnic minority context, I spend a disproportionate amount of my time trying to wrap my mind around why it’s so hard to mobilize majority culture leaders…
Interruptions of Progress
I had a chance to see “The Gangster Squad” and there was a great line that has stayed with me. First, I enjoyed the movie. It was like L.A. Confidential meets the…
Feeling Powerful
This edition of “Pre-School Theology” isn’t strict theology per se, but it’s in the neighborhood. My five year old son walked by me today and looked at me with a funny…