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The Conviction to Lead

Let me warn you right up front — my goal is to change the way you think about leadership. I do not aim merely to add one more voice to the conversation about leadership, I want fundamentally to change the way leadership is understood and practiced.

For the better part of the last three decades, leadership has been a major cultural preoccupation and a professional obsession. Walk into an airport bookstore and you will find the front tables filled with books promising to make you a better leader. Apparently, people passing through airports have a healthy appetite for books on leadership. Walk into a Christian bookstore, and you will find ample evidence of the same hunger.

If you are like me, you have probably read a small library of books on leadership, attended numerous conferences and seminars, and you likely read leadership newsletters and professional journals when you find the time. Hotel conference rooms overflow with people listening to speakers deliver talks on leadership and colleges and universities have gotten into the business as well, offering majors, degree programs, and even entire schools devoted to leadership studies.

And yet, something is missing. Keep Reading

The Briefing, Tuesday, November 13, 2012

TODAY: Adultery in the digital age, worldview and demographics strike again, teenagers ready to vote, religious liberty undermined, and a new reason to elope. I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview. Keep Reading

The Briefing 11-13-12

Technology Effect On Petraeus Affair And Privacy… Demographic Effect On Election… Lower The Voting Age?… Contraception Mandate… Eloping Trend Increases Keep Reading

The Briefing, Monday, November 12, 2012

TODAY: So, adultery does matter, a new law “vexes” the porn industry, Norway’s mass murder complains of “inhumane” treatment, and Germany decides to subsidize moms and export grandmothers. I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview. Keep Reading

The Briefing 11-12-12

Petraeus Infidelity… Law Vexes Porn Industry… Anders Behring Breivik Complains Of ‘Inhumane Conditions’ In Prison… Germany Passes Child-Care Subsidy… Granny Lives In Slovakia Now Keep Reading

An Anthropologist Looks At Evangelicals: A Conversation With Tanya Luhrmann

Podcast Transcript Keep Reading

The Briefing, Friday, November 9, 2012

TODAY: A new Archbishop of Canterbury, Jared Loughner sentenced to life in prison, Mormonism after the election, can the law make us decent? I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview.

Anglican sources have confirmed that Justin Welby, currently Bishop of Durham, will be named today as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. The Crown Nominations Commission is expected to nominate the new Archbishop, with action to be taken by the Prime Minister as early as later today.

Bishop Welby has been a bishop for only a year, and his background has been mostly in the business world. He was for many years an oil executive before entering the ministry later in life. He is Eton-educated and considered to identify with the evangelical wing of the Church of England. As The Telegraph [London] reports, “Theologically, he is unashamedly part of the evangelical tradition, upholding a more traditional and conservative interpretation of the Bible than some in the Church of England.” Keep Reading

The Briefing 11-09-12

Justin Welby: The Worldly Capitalist Looking To Spread The Word Of The Lord… Jared Loughner Sentenced To Life In Tucson Mass Shooting… For Mormons, A Cautious Step Toward Mainstream Acceptance… Can The Law Make Us Be Decent? Keep Reading

The Briefing, Thursday, November 8, 2012

TODAY: A revealing (and troubling) portrait of America in the 2012 election data, Obama’s “rainbow coalition,” the conservative gender gap, same-sex marriage, assisted suicide, and the U.S. election viewed from China. I discuss all these and more in today’s edition of The Briefing: A Daily Analysis of News and Events from a Christian Worldview. Keep Reading

The Briefing 11-08-12

A Nation Moving Further Apart… Barack Obama Victory Comes Courtesy Of Rainbow Coalition… Election Shows Country Is Changing, Gay Marriage Advocates Say… The Gender Gap And The GOP’s Future… Assisted Suicide Measure Narrowly Defeated… Chinese React Favorably To Obama Win Keep Reading