From “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation” by Parker J. Palmer “Leadership” is a concept we often resist. It seems immodest, even self-aggrandizing, to think of ourselves as leaders. But if it is true that we are made for community, then leadership is everyone’s vacation, and it can be an evasion […]

From “Trust the Whisper: How Answering Quiet Callings Inspires Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Grace“ by Kathy Izard That became the miracle of HopeWay. We started by meeting with a small circle of friends whom we knew had mental health issues in their family, and they would typically end a meeting by connecting us to others.

From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD Enron And The Talent Mindset In 2001 came the announcement that shocked the corporate world. Enron – the corporate poster child, the company of the future – had gone belly-up. What happened? How did such spectacular promise turn into such a spectacular disaster?

From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson The Web has explored the adjacent possible of its medium far faster than any other communications technology in history. In early 1994, the Web was a text-only medium, pages of words connected by hyperlinks. But within a few years, the possibility

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner What’s prayer? It’s shooting shafts into the dark. What mark they strike, if any, who’s to say? It’s reaching for a hand you cannot touch. The silence is so fathomless that prayers like plummets vanish in the sea. You beg. You whimper.

From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Simply put, trust means confidence. The opposite of trust – distrust – is suspicion. When you trust people, you have confidence in them, in their integrity and in their abilities. When you distrust, you are suspicious of them –

From “Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment” by J. Brent Bill Trusting that God directs our paths teaches us to see the ways life opens. Our lives are filled with potential “a-ha” moments. Following our spiritual compass helps us see the “a-has.” Trusting God also allows us to be real and genuine and authentic

From “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” by Peter F. Drucker Every practice rests on theory, even if the practitioners themselves are unaware of it. Entrepreneurship rests on a theory of economy and society. The theory sees change as normal and indeed as healthy. And it sees the major task in society – and especially in the economy

From “On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old” by Parker J. Palmer As you welcome whatever you find alien within yourself, extend that same welcome to whatever you find alien in the outer world. I don’t know any virtue more important these days than hospitality to the stranger, to those we perceive

Alcoholics Anonymous helped make the Serenity Prayer famous, but it was written by one of the 20th century’s most influential theologians, Reinhold Niebuhr. Read the free article here