I believe that being authentic is among the greatest leadership challenge of our times. Courtney Whiting, in her excellent article entitled, “The Problem with Being Authentic said, “Traditionally, the word “authentic” referred to a work of art that was original to the creator. In essence, it was something that genuine
(An article entitled, “The Boys Are Not All Right” by Esther O’Reilly, an excellent writer for “Patheos” inspired my title, although I take a different approach. You can check Esther’s article out at. https://www.patheos.com/blogs/youngfogey/2019/08/the-boys-are-not-all-right/) 1 John 2:14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the
There was a time when singing the National Anthem carried with it a sense of reverence and made the sentimental among us misty eyed. On the Sunday before the fourth of July, it was common for churches to weave patriotic songs and historical readings into the liturgy. Nothing felt incongruent
A few nights ago, I watched a video podcast with four highly respected intellectuals struggling with the new orthodoxies currently being enshrined in the hallowed halls of academia. They were despondent over the fact that postmodernism, which originally said, there was no truth and that truth was merely a social
Pope Francis said in response to horrific sex abuse charges involving children, “we showed no care for the little ones.” A grand jury report in Pennsylvania recently revealed that at least 1,000 children were abused by some 300 priests over the past 70 years, and that generations of bishops failed