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Here’s an interesting idea I get from Clay Shirky’s video above (if you can’t see it, try this link): Many useful things these days are being done purely by volunteers. That’s a huge change from the way we usually think. We tend to focus on what organizations do through their employees, and by money changing hands. But [...] I was listening to a wonderful podcast this afternoon, where Katherine Barron and Jennifer Willits were talking about the book, “Choosing Beauty.” But I don’t want to talk about the book. Instead, they brought up an important concept: When you bad-mouth or gossip about someone, what you’re doing is stealing. Stealing their reputation. I subscribe to a lot of online newsletters, because it helps me to maintain a broader perspective and generates new ideas. I ran across one yesteday that held a real challenge for me. In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not [...] I just wanted to pass along this pointer to a newsletter that I’ve been reading for a couple of years: Terry Hershey’s Sabbath Moment. Check it out, and if you like it, sign up here. This is probably the only newsletter that I always save until I have some quiet time to read and ponder. How rare [...] |
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