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  • Holding Together

    Holding Together

    He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. – Colossians 1:17 This verse is part of a hymn about Christ that St. Paul quotes at the beginning of his letter to the Colossians. It’s a bold theological statement about the second person of the Trinity – that Christ, who we Christians

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  • Be Not Surprised

    Though an unexpected choice, the new pope quickly won the hearts, not only of the faithful, but of others around the world with his humility, humor and ability to express an authentic connection with common, everyday people. He was a tireless advocate for peace who interceded with world leaders to try to end global conflicts.

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  • Stage 5 God

    Stage 5 God

    We have a Stage 5 God, a Stage 4 Church, and too many Stage 3 leaders. One of my favorite books on leadership is Tribal Leadership by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright. Their approach presupposes that people are social in nature, that workplaces are essentially tribes (or tribes of tribes, if they’re big

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  • Small-Time Radical

    “Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood and probably will not themselves be realized. Make big plans, aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will never die, but long after we are gone will be a living thing, asserting itself with ever growing

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  • T-Shirts

    “Really, you should throw free t-shirts into the crowd for 40 minutes, and only stop for  brief interludes of basketball.” — Al My first “real” job was as the director of media relations for the Atlanta Glory of the startup (and short-lived) American Basketball League, which showcased many of the world’s finest professional women’s basketball

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