Imagine the power of entire teams of people who know who they are and bring their whole selves into collaborative relationships. Imagine communities filled with people who reach out to other people they respect and whose work they love enough to amplify without drama, score-keeping, or the hope of extra credit. Relationships win the race! “These are counter-cultural priorities, […]
Enough
This coming week includes an annual educational intensive on the campus of the congregation I work for. It also includes me sitting in a class on the philosophy of prosperity. Ever since I began learning about fundraising, I’ve noticed the way that handling money and resources triggers people’s latent scripts about finances, value, and lessons about abundance and […]
Keeping a precious thing alive
Back in November, I visited Muir Woods, a natural monument of coastal redwood trees near San Francisco, CA. The trophy I brought back with me was a giant sequoia tree in a can: a germination kit with starter soil, potting polystyrene, a plastic mini-greenhouse, and about seven seeds. Two seeds sprouted and grew about two […]