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From “The Discipline of Inspiration: The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity” by Carey Wallace But after running a residency for ten years, those concerns weren’t my fundamental objection to the big machinery of residencies and retreats. My fundamental objection is that retreats are based on what I believe is a dangerous

From “Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Help Others, Do Work that Matters, and Make Smarter Choices About Giving Back” by William Macaskill Effective altruism is about asking, “How can I make the biggest difference I can?” and using evidence and careful reasoning to try to find an answer. It takes a

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From “Trust the Whisper: How Answering Quiet Callings Inspires Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Grace“ by Kathy Izard After two months of wrestling with my new whisper, I closed my graphic design business to accept a job working for Roof Above, not in the soup kitchen but to help develop a housing program. I immersed myself

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From “The Language of the Soul: Meeting God in the Longings of Our Hearts” by Jeff Crosby  “We spend our days doing what we do for all kinds of reasons. It is the work we have been given to do or what we have found to do. Some of us do work that seems to

From “Wired to Lead: Being the Leader the Church Didn’t Think You Could Be” by Suzanne Nadell On the website Simply Psychology, writer Charlotte Ruhl explains that the term “implicit bias,” or unconscious bias, was first coined in 1995 by psychologists Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald, who argues that social behavior is largely influenced by

From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey I know of leading organizations who ask their employees directly the following simple question in formal, 36-degree feedback processes: “Do you trust your boss?” These companies have learned that the answer to this one question is more predictive of

From “Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment” by J. Brent Bill Changing our spiritual listening habits helps us hear ourselves. When we do that, we find that our lives speak to us about who we are, what our capabilities are, and what our purpose in life is in each season and situation. There are