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Why Founders Need a Moral Compass — Steve Blank
I’ve been thinking why the ethical boundaries of todays founder/VC interactions feel so different then they did when I was an entrepreneur. I’ve written about the root causes in an HBR article here and an expanded version here. Worth a read. Stanford eCorner captured a few minutes of what I’ve been thinking in the video…
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Reformation Sunday Resources
pastordawn BEYOND CHURCH Preparing for Reformation Sunday? Some of these posts might be useful: Echoing the Divine Plea: “I Lay Before You Life and Death. Choose Life!” What if we won’t ever really understand Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection until we understand that God is dead? Enough with “A Mighty Fortress” Already! Sing a New Song!…
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Congregational Patterns are the Key for ERP
Churches and middle governing bodies need to think of technology in the context of “Enterprise Resource Planning” or better known as ERP. Once cost prohibitive for most churches and even some governing bodies, the technology landscape today is prime. With the advent of cloud-based technology, along with the emerging tools of the fourth industrial revolution,…
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Understanding Genesis 6-8: The Story of Noah’s Flood (And its Similarities and Differences with Gilgamesh) — resurrecting orthodoxy
Compared to everyone else in Genesis 1-11, Noah gets the most ink by far. The story of Noah’s flood goes from Genesis 6:5 to the end of chapter 8. And then, Noah even gets another chapter after the flood is over, in Genesis 9. Now, the interesting thing about the story of Noah and the… via…
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Loving the Unseen God — Help Me Believe
My friend, Lisa Quintana, writes a great piece on loving a God that we cannot physically see. Along the way, she provides some insightful details from Church History and shares a bit of her personal testimony. “Loving the Unseen God” Lisa Quintana via Loving the Unseen God — Help Me Believe
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THE e-CHURCH MODEL FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: A call for re-discipleship
The church is a community of the Spirit giving witness of the Trinity to an alternative and hopeful future of a community of disciples. We must realize we live in the midst of profound social and cultural change driven by the fourth industrial revolution of digital technology and globalization. Churches of all types and denominations…
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Does your church have a distance problem?
Physical distance is as much an issue for churches as it is for business. Think of “Extended Reality” (XR) and the role it could have in your church, your missional activities and creating discipleship. If you think about all the ways, we connect with our congregations, and when you look at the core, it is…
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Why is St. Isidore of Seville patron saint of the internet?
Isidore may seem like a strange choice, but his academic works make him a perfect fit.It may seem strange that a 7th-century saint was chosen as the patron saint of the internet, but after a careful examination of his life, St. Isidore of Seville turns out to be the perfect choice. Isidore (not to be…
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Data is the new “Oil.”
This is a continuation from last week. IT has changed the world more so in the last five years that the previous twenty-five. We live in a world of an always-on, always-connected and that means the old communication models, the early church planting models, the church discipleship models are being disrupted daily. Congregations are expecting…
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Friends
Originally posted on PRAYERS TO THE COSMOS: Dear God, My friends are precious to me. I need to hold them close. Thank You for the good times, the laughs, the joys. May I never forget that we are not meant to go it alone in this world. Thank You for a lovely evening with friends. …
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