https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:04:29 +0000 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:31:41 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/multiplying-leadersdisciples/foolish-development In this newsletter, I have frequently recommended a variety of books on leadership as helpful resources. Many of these, though not all, come from the business world. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/multiplying-leadersdisciples/foolish-development Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:31:41 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/poetry-and-leadership Over the last few years I have noticed the increasing use of poetry in leadership books and workshops. I regularly encounter the works of David Whyte, Mary Oliver, Scott Cairns, Black Thought, Dice Raw, and Denise Levertov to name a few. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/poetry-and-leadership Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:02:42 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/leadership-and-loss Recently I have been reading Beth Allen Slevcoe’s Broken Hallelujahs. It is subtitled “Learning to Grieve the Big and Small Losses of Life." In working with campus ministers, we often talk about campus ministry being a constant grieving, in that just as w Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/leadership-and-loss Tue, 25 Oct 2016 15:02:04 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/leading-well-resources-ask-more-and-tell-less As a Home Missions leadership team, we have been focusing on learning to be better listeners over the past several months. There have been a number of great resources we have discovered, including: Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/leading-well-resources-ask-more-and-tell-less Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:39:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/leading-age-distraction A recent church service left me completely exhausted. It was a non-stop whirlwind of loud worship music and rapid-fire delivery of both announcements and sermon. In many ways it was an assault on the senses that left very little time to think, reflect or respond. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/leading-age-distraction Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:44:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/sensemaking-organizations-faced-changing-conditions There are many leadership lessons to be learned in the story of the 1949 Mann Gulch in which 13 firefighters were killed. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/sensemaking-organizations-faced-changing-conditions Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:39:16 +0000