From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson Shared environments often take the form of a real-world public space, what the sociologist Ray Oldenburg famously called the “third place,” a connective environment distinct from the more insular world of home or office. The eighteenth-century English coffeehouse fertilized countless Enlightenment-era […]

From “The Discipline of Inspiration: The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity” by Carey Wallace It’s clear that too much constraint, especially in the form of poverty and stress, can crush an artist. And the removal of those difficulties can lead to profound flowering of important work. When patrons made it possible

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From “Wired to Lead: Being the Leader the Church Didn’t Think You Could Be” by Suzanne Nadell

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From “The Soulwork of Justice: Four Movements for Contemplative Action” by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson When your rational certainty breaks down – as of course it will – give attention to where your soul, the integrated center of your being, wanders. Where are you drawn? What do you long for? What gives you joy? What captures your

From “Walk with Me: A Journey through the Landscape of Trauma” by Ellen Corcella I learned that when we are attentive, when we are fully present as one human being to another, God is present through us, God uses us to be his hands and feet in the world when we sit with despairing mothers

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From “Dropout to Doctorate: Breaking the Chains of Educational Injustice” By Terrence Lester, PhD When I finally realized how trauma and poverty in my own life were so indelibly linked, I broke down in tears, but it also became the step toward healing that I needed. What if we created a world where more people

From “How AI Changes Your Customers: The Marketing Guide to Humanity’s Next Chapter” by Mark Schaefer So how does a brand make it onto an AI’s shortlist? Andy Crestodina, the founder of Orbit Studios, is on the cutting edge of strategies to influence the AI algorithms. He contends that traditional content marketing works, but with