Susan met me online for a leadership consultation. We spoke about the Christian charity she used to work for, one of my clients. “How are you doing now that you are done with your role as Director?” I asked. “How is life outside of the ministry? Enjoying yourself? What’s keeping you busy?” Susan glowed. The…
Growing up, I was somewhat sheltered from more extreme forms of purity culture. I dated, I showed my shoulders in public and, with extreme gratitude, I can say I never even knew about the bizarre world of purity balls. The extremes of American evangelical purity culture didn’t creep north of the border much, and even…
It’s difficult to pay attention to contemporary public life and not wonder how public figures get away with it. I don’t mean how do they get away with evasions, half-truths, partisan inconsistency and “spin.” These rhetorical tricks and petty hypocrisies are probably unavoidable in mass democracies. They are wearying, and can be demoralizing to folks…
The word “belong” originally meant “to go along with, pertain to or be the rightful property of.” It conveys connection, place and rightful relationship – a sense of being linked to something or someone. Belonging is relational; it’s about care, trust and responsibility. When Christ came to earth, the Gospel of John expresses this beautifully:…
Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), also called “gag orders” or “confidentiality agreements,” were originally designed to protect trade secrets and proprietary information. Emerging during the tech boom of the 1990s, NDAs served a legitimate purpose in Silicon Valley: keeping sensitive business information out of competitors’ hands. Over the past three decades, however, these agreements have spread far…
A pastor, consultant and governance expert walk into the board room of a Christian organization and ask, “What kind of board are you?” The board answers: “We are a Policy Board, or at least we are trying to be.” If it were a joke, it would be a bad one. There’s no punch line. But…
Catholic church order will never be the same. After tens of thousands of listening sessions at the parish and diocesan levels on every continent, and two month-long gatherings of bishops and lay people in Rome in 2023 and 2024, the Roman Catholic Church says it is ready to be a synodal church – a church…
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