Directing artists requires a unique approach to leadership, whether it’s musicians, or designers, or writers, or entertainers, or worship leaders, or those who sketch/paint/draw.
Guard Your Calling, Frodo, by John Ortberg
All ministry involves slogging through Mordor.
Muslim Extremism or a New Pharaoh? The Future of Free Speech, Democracy and Religious Freedom in Egypt
Last night, the streets of Cairo erupted in celebration as 18 days of protest led to the surprise announcement that president Hosni Mubarak had resigned after nearly 30 years of irin-fisted rule. Yet the question still remains: What now for Egypt? Shariah Law, Democratic Society, a Military Dictatorship, or something else altogether?
Screenwriter Randall Wallace’s Speech to President Obama and World Leaders at the National Prayer Breakfast
“Braveheart” writer and “Secretariat” director does an amazing job of representing both the Hollywood community and communities of faith: not an easy thing to do at all.
Pseudo Servant Leadership and Pseudo Celebrity: Manipulating the Paradox of Power
There is something in the very nature of leadership that implies service. True leaders, those who people follow because they want to not because they have to, always begin with and return to the needs of their followers.
Joel and Ethan Coen Spill Their Screenwriting Secrets to the Hollywood Reporter
The Oscar winners’ unorthodox, but highly effective approach to screenwriting by Tim Appelo in The Hollywood Reporter.
How Men Changed Their Mind about Women in Ministry, by Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight’s award-winning blog, Jesus Creed, has become a highly influential interchange of ideas regarding the future of faith in America. No matter which side of the issue you are on, Scot McKnight is a great source for nuanced conversation. Here he discusses Alan Johnson’s book on men who changed their minds on the issue of women in ministry leadership.
LOST: Servant Leadership in Jack’s “Live Together or Die Alone” Speech
Short clip of Jack’s pivotal speech to the survivor’s of Oceanic flight 815.