Today is moving day. A couple of boxes of books, files to fill up a small two-drawer cabinet, and a couple of lamps. This morning I'll go grab a shelf or two to put high on the wall; bookcases will take up too much floor space. I'd like the room to look a bit like …
Bono at the Summit
Friday was fantastic, easily the best day of a Willow Creek Leadership Summit that I've experienced. The morning began with an effervescent Dave Gibbons describing "3rd Culture" leadership, ran through a re-imagining of Africa's story let by Andrew Rugasira, continued with Compassion International CEO Wess Stafford's emotionally powerful plea on behalf of the children of …
Margins, Fringes, and Outsiders
Yesterday was overload. Failure is the resonance that allows connection. - Dave Gibbons My heart is so full today, so challenged, so humbled. Leadership is profound. To answer the call of God, to step out into an unknown reality, to accept the uncertainty because of faith in Him. Yesterday was a parade of men who …
“Normal has left the building” – Summit Day 1
Meaning of Life 1.3 next week. There's just too much good at Willow Creek's Leadership Summit to not share. "Normal has left the building." Bill Hybels, long-time visionary and leader of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, always starts things off with the first session, and he usually knocks it out of the …
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At the Summit
Taking a couple of days off from blogging about the meaning of life. I'll come back to it this weekend, but today I'm headed with about 25 people from the Northwest Church to Westminster Chapel over in Bellevue for the Willow Creek Leadership Summit. I'm excited. It will be a shot in the arm I …
JEFF BERRYMAN 