What I’m Learning This Week — 9/15/16

I listen to and read a lot of articles and stories. Some of these shape my preaching and teaching, some give me ideas for new ventures, some are thought-provoking, and some are just plain fun.

Here’s is what I’m learning this week:

There is no off the record

What would happen if word we spoke was recorded? (Also, Psalm 139 comes to mind…)

When It Comes To Our Politics, Family Matters

How do our family systems impact our political system?

The big man can’t shoot

Why are we afraid to try some great ideas because we might look silly?

A new way to heal hearts without surgery

“The most complex problems in our time,” he says, “can be solved with simple techniques, if we are able to dream.”

How Senior Executives Find Time to Be Creative

The number-one attribute CEOs look for in their incoming workforce (according to an IBM survey of more than 1,500 CEOs across 33 industries and 60 countries) is not discipline, integrity, intelligence, or emotional intelligence. It’s creativity.