https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:09:25 +0000 Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:46:51 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/do-you-hear-what-i-hear I'm sure this past Christmas you encountered more than one rendition of Do You Hear What I Hear. Originally written as a plea for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis, it has gone on to enjoy great popularity. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/do-you-hear-what-i-hear Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:46:51 +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/specialized-communities/campus/few-myths-about-campus-ministry In working with leaders and congregations in the area of campus ministry, one encounters a few myths along the way. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/few-myths-about-campus-ministry Tue, 29 Nov 2016 15:37:31 +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/specialized-communities/campus/new-wine-old-backpacks In response to what I’ve written over the last few times, a friend and colleague pointed out that all the resources I suggested would be good for students to read, and to read with students, were written by men. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/new-wine-old-backpacks Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:32:16 +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/specialized-communities/campus/sending-and-receiving-campus-ministry You can’t go anywhere at this time of year without seeing all the signs advertising back-to-school sales. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/sending-and-receiving-campus-ministry Mon, 29 Aug 2016 00:19:37 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/books-campus-backpack Tyler Helfers, CRC Campus Minister at Iowa State posted a link to Byron Borger’s annotated list of books he would recommend for Christian students heading off to university. You can find that list here. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/books-campus-backpack Sat, 27 Aug 2016 18:54:02 +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/specialized-communities/campus/campus-ministry-connecting-town-and-gown Given the nature of campus ministry, and the too oft experienced reality of town and gown, it is easy for a local congregations and classes to see campus ministry as a stand-alone ministry. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/campus-ministry-connecting-town-and-gown Thu, 19 May 2016 16:54:30 +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 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/75-years-campus-ministry-remembering-our-past-embracing-our In 2015 we celebrated 75 years of ministry! At our annual conference we spent time celebrating the past, looking at learning from the present and imagining the future. Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/75-years-campus-ministry-remembering-our-past-embracing-our Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:39:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/young-adults-think-joining-instead-keeping It is hard not to be involved in a conversation these days about young adults or campus ministry without hearing the question “how do we keep our young adults in the church?” When we ask this question in the best way, we are wondering how we can invite young adults to remain in a covenant communi Mark Wallace https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/campus/young-adults-think-joining-instead-keeping Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:26:04 +0000