About Me
Books, babies, dogs, North Woods cabins, Liz my wife and Joe my son, organizational change, conflict management, community development, communication, discipleship, leadership.... these are some of the things that make my blood run faster.
I've always loved Jesus, but in recent years that love has become so much more central in my life. Willard, Foster, Peterson, Chan and Wright, and the like have taken their places on my shelves along with Drucker, Collins, Heifetz, and Buckingham... I'm on the journey of learning how spiritual transformation happens in my life, and how I can become more like Jesus, my Savior, Teacher, Lord, and Friend.
I worked for the CRC in one way and another since the late 60s, and much of that experience was strongly shaped by being a child of the 60s. Race relations, justice, development, and social change were abiding interests. And the North Woods of Michigan.
Most recently I've been with CRWRC, the denomination's relief and community development agency. Our family lived in the Philippines while I worked as Asia Regional Director, and later I was Program team leader, coach to team leaders, and leader of the Advancement team.
My Topics
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When the Servants are Governors February 7, 2012 |
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More Signs of a Classis Ripe for Change February 7, 2012 |
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Healthy Classis Part II January 24, 2012 |
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Healthy Classis – How to Get There, Or at Least Close February 6, 2012 |
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Fat Bureaucracies vs Flat and Fluid Networks December 13, 2011 |
My Comments
NOTICE! If you are the person who called my office asking to talk to me about this blog, please call again. I am not able to return your call because the message was garbled in...
Brother Mark,
You said this so well. Discerning what is best in the midst of today's complex systems is harder and harder. THANKS.
In response to the blog I posted above on December 13, I received an email from an old friend, a pastor for many years. He wanted to be hopeful, but he sounded discouraged. I asked him...
Classis as a COOPERATIVE (AD)VENTURE! Classes on the move have figured out how to handle the routine classical business with new efficiency, and so create space for the VENTURE....
I can see why a more or less standard list of questions could be helpful for comparing and consolidating results. Building on Bill Vis' statement about the value of open ended questions...