This invited article is being published in the Renewed Heart Ministries newsletter this month and will be in the public archive by February. I’ll update the link when it’s available. Keisha E. McKenzie “And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, And to have […]
Resource: The Berkana Institute’s Theory of Change
A reference tool for all change-makers: The Berkana Institute, founded by Margaret J. Wheatley and Deborah Frieze, works in communities to build their resilience while their group, environment, or society transitions from one social structure to another. The short video below describes Berkana’s “two loop” theory of change. One thing I appreciate is their transparency about the […]
Reader Review #04
Posts tagged “Reader Review” include a few top articles from my weekly reading. Their topics may vary, but their quality and provocation quotient won’t. Enjoy. When spirituality gets corporatized: The commercial dharma Tricycle Mag: Protesters crash Google talk on corporate mindfulness at Wisdom 2.0 conference (Alex Caring-Lobel) Alex’ sharp critique of corporate spirituality—Buddhist-ish instruction of mindfulness to […]
Reader Review #01
Posts tagged “Reader Review” include a few top articles from my weekly reading. Their topics may vary, but their quality and provocation quotient won’t. Enjoy. How Othering and Social Bias Impact Minorities’ Work Advancement Harvard Business Review: Minority Women Report Downsizing Their Ambitions Because of Bias (Jennifer Thorpe-Moscon) As Thorpe-Moscon says, “the experience of “otherness” […]
Representation and Invisibility
Tyson asked this question on Real Talk with Bill Maher back in 2011; but he was not the first to ask and I suspect no answers will be forthcoming. Discussing diversity and the relationships between social location, experience, and decision-making perspective seems to be one of the quickest ways to make lots of people uncomfortable. […]
Beyond the Vote: Political Meta-narratives & Asking the People What They Think
In this talk, Eric X. Li offers a provocative discussion of political meta-narratives—the stories we tell ourselves about our political systems—based on his study of the People’s Republic of China. At 15:08, Li makes some bold predictions about China’s future in comparison to the US and peer nations within the next decade. I hope someone checks […]
