I’ve reviewed The Gift of Pain already, but wanted to highlight just one of the many insights Dr. Paul Brand shares in this fascinating book on human pain. “Silencing pain without considering…
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The Disability of Competence
Here’s another great bit of prophetic wisdom by Robert Greenleaf written a few decades ago, but that continues to have relevance for all of us today. “Ordinarily we think of competence as…
The Gift of Pain (Brief Review)
I just finished The Gift of Pain by Dr. Paul Brand with an assist from Phillip Yancey. This is a fascinating read and if you’re medically oriented or in the health profession…
Awareness and Disturbance
I’m reading Robert Greenleaf’s leadership classic Servant Leadership: A Journey Into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness and it’s just loaded with wisdom and perspective on leadership ethics and practice. Here’s…
The Nature as Mirror (with a brief review)
A few days ago I finished Fyodor Dostoevsky’s classic Crime and Punishment. I thought this was an unbelievable novel and I’m so glad I finally read it. It has become one of…
Human and Liberating Leadership
Today’s there’s a lot of focus on practical leadership and organizational leadership, but less attention is given to the ethics of leadership and the formation of leaders. As I address leadership issues…
Review of an Essay -“The Myth of the Shiksa”
I posted a few weeks ago on an essay by Edwin Friedman in The Myth of the Shiksa (link here). I want to share a couple of thoughts on the essay for…
Your Leadership Curriculum
In my reading of Robert Pazmino’s Foundational Issues in Christian EducationI came across a helpful section related to teaching curricula (awkward plural there, but that is the right word). There are three…
Teaching to Change Lives (Review)
I just finished Teaching to Change Lives by Howard Hendricks. This book has been around for about 25-30 years so it’s not new, but it reads new. I’ve heard Dr. Howard Hendricks…