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Category: Ideas

  • The End

    Time to end Extreme Poverty. The End (Jake’s Story) from Nuru International on Vimeo. You gotta watch this video.  Jake’s such an awesome guy, and he’s working hard to end poverty.  He founded Nuru International.  Let’s join him – or at least check out his story. Thanks guys.

  • A Thought Place

    There is nothing new under the sun – Ecclesiastes tells me so.  Anything that I’ve written has already been thought in the previous epoch of time (I’m not sure I’ve ever written the word epoch in a sentence before).  Read Ecclesiastes. I don’t know how to describe it, but I…

  • Give Yourself Grace

    Do you know how to give yourself grace?  Do you know what grace looks like; feels like; does to you? I was with a dear friend last night, and she had said something about the ability to give herself more grace – that she was in a situation where she…

  • Friday Furloughs

    This is not news to anyone in Hawaii, but the state government has instituted Friday Furlough for all public schools on the islands.  It is about the dumbest idea ever. Now I do realize that there is always more to the story than we know.  The people making those decisions…

  • Your Lens

    We all see things from a particular framework.  Your ignorance is the limit.  If you’re a theologian (and we all are) you see things from the limits of your theology.  If you are a sociologist, you cannot help but see thing from that perspective.  When you are in education, you…

  • Representing

    I am representing SDCC today (www.sdcc.edu).  I’m at a college fair for 12 hours today.  I was thinking about this though, we all represent someone or something. You represent yourself. You represent the school that you go to or the place you work. You represent your family. You represent your…

  • Yellowstone Video

    On my flight yesterday, I watched this video of the symbiotic relationships of plants and animals at Yellowstone National Park.  Not only was there some breath-taking shots and videos, it was a pretty incredible documentary.  I was fascinated by several things.  The include: – A bird that would get pine…

  • A Great Place to Try It Out

    Blogging is a great place to try stuff out – especially for a verbal processor like me.  I mean, I’m not actually saying it out loud, but I’m processing these ideas.  It helps me.  It’s a seemingly safe place to try out stuff and get ideas out. The thing is,…

  • You Define Yourself by the Work You Do

    So does that mean when I complain about it that – that represents me?  Does that define me?  I read the line from a blog that I follow.  I won’t write on here which one, but I’ll tell you if you really want to know – @Lemness or e mail…

  • LL23: The Leader’s Responsibility

    [As I prepare to write this, I cannot help but think about how I’m not sure I am going to convince many of you about this.  In light of my last post, I find it ironic that I’m thinking things way, but we’ll see what happens.] A leader needs to…

  • Why Argue?

    There are a ton of ways to say it.  I don’t even know how I’m going to say it, but you know what it’s like to argue with someone that is always right – even when they’re wrong?  Why argue?  I mean, why waste your time arguing with someone that…

  • My Brother is Home

    My brother is home from Afghanistan.  I am so proud of that kid.  We are all so relieved that he has come home and that he came home safely.  After a week in Kuwait, he came home about a week ago.  It’s been great to talk to him and hear…