ay Barnes, President of Bethel University and Consummate Servant Leader, shares “the influencers who influenced me.”
Jay Barnes, President of Bethel University, on “The Influencers Who Influenced Me”
Teen Role Models: Who They Are, Why They Matter, by David Kinnaman
Part of ongoing series: Paparazzi in the Hands of an Angry God: Servant Leadership in an Age of Self-Promotion. (Note please pray for David, Dan Allender and I as we speak to the National Student Leaders Network in Orlando later this…
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.
Muslim Brotherhood and Secular Reformers Join Forces to Support ElBaradei
Culture-making and faith connections in Egypt’s turmoil became clearer as Muslim extremists joined secular reform movement leaders in supporting Mohamed ElBaradei as spokesman for opposition to president Hosni Mubarak.
Nobel Prize Bio of Egyptian Resistance Leader Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Nobel Laureate Mohamed ElBaradei Calls for President Mubarak to Step Down
A World Without Jobs: The Gospel of a Secular Age, by Andy Crouch
As remarkable as Steve Jobs is in countless ways—as a designer, an innovator, a (ruthless and demanding) leader—his most singular quality has been his ability to articulate a perfectly secular form of hope.
What Does Being Countercultural Look Like? Gabe Lyons in Q
The next generation of Christians aren’t separatists, antagonists, or striving to be “relevant.” Instead, they are countercultural as they advance the common good in society.
Tuesdays with Tozer / Wednesdays with Walter, by Margaret Feinberg
Margaret Feinberg has written more than two dozen books including the critically-acclaimed The Organic God, The Sacred Echo, Scouting the Divine.