The Axis - a talent and variety stage - is an opportunity for you to show your support for the summer SPACE mission teams. Come out and experience the artistry, creativity and fun that our summer teams embody and support them via being at the show, performing an act [music, skit, short film, dance, […]
“Regardless, what’s really important about the work of Smith [studies of experimental economics] and his peers is that it demonstrates that people who can be, as he calls them, ‘naive, unsophisticated agents,’ can coordinate themselves to achieve complex, mutually beneficial ends even if they’re not really sure, at the start, what those ends are or […]
“Stretch goals” were a term used in job 1.2 of certain things we would stretch for but not necessarily achieve. On the contrary, our dreams and visions should inherently be ones that stretch us and be consistent with the ideas of risk, adventure and taking whatever we are doing to the next level.
Here is […]
What leader from a feature film most reminds you of you?
[Stolen from the M page because I like this question so much…]
We had team meeting #3 this past weekend, where most of the team went to eat at Old Europe - a German restaurant in DC. For this team, meeting #3 is the one where the team started to gel, to mold, mesh and become collectively one. You can see people stop being formal […]
I had a difficult conversation this past weekend when someone quit on one of my teams - and not just one of the SPACE teams but my personal Hungary team. Now, let me just say for the record - I have had *tons* of people quit on me over the years. Seriously. […]
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SPACE started in the Fall of 2003 as a pilot idea. Most of us were actually okay if the whole thing didn’t last past one school year. This summer marks our fourth summer in resourcing, catalyzing and mobilizing students and below is a sample of some of the sketchy ideas we have toyed […]
::: Two principles of leadership from the Lifechurch.tv dudesThe 20% discomfort factor [link]Refusing to delegate period or refusing to delegate not only tasks but authority [link]
::: Robert Webber planned his own funeralWebber wrote The Younger Evangelicals among other things. [Related: some good quotes from the book]
::: Species explosion
Already this year researchers […]
“Unfortunately, the word trust is used - and misused - so often that it has lost some of its impact and begins to sound like motherhood and apple pie. That is why it is important to be specific about what is meant by trust. In the context of building a team, trust is […]
From The End of Poverty, Dr. Sachs outlines the Big 5 technologies that are transferable and could be invested in to get parts of Africa on to the first rung of the economic ladder.
:: Agricultural inputsfertilizers, water harvesting, small-scale irrigations, improved seeds, storage facilities[My friend Dean is helping purchase and run - with the eventual […]
Every year our momentum gets bigger and bigger. I don’t think it’s just about quantity - rather it is about direction and weight. Here is a sample:
:: ELB, who has served with SPACE as a middle school trip leader as well as a student participant, went to the Dominican Republic during Spring Break. […]
Below are the percentages of leaders serving this summer that have been a part of a SPACE experience in the past. We consider this measurement an important one to track - one we consider a “core” score.
Baltimore [9th grade] - 3/7 42%NYC [10th grade] - 5/6 - 83%England [11th grade] - 2/4 - 50%Hungary […]
This week, D and I have been doing some thinking and planning for Mission Advance. Yes, that same project that last year seemed to invite total chaos and constant rain, yes that one there. But we feel good about it this year. Well, better about it this year. It is the […]
::: A mini van with 400 HPLink via Metacool
::: How messy is your desk?
People who keep messy desks actually spend less time looking for things than people with neat desks. And you know what? Common sense backs this up. If you’re a busy person, and a lot of stuff is coming across your desk—how […]
“Culture fit is more of a key determinate of success or failure in a company than actual experience or ability. It’s one thing to tune into the superficial tenets of a culture, but it’s another to really understand the culture.” — When You Don’t Fit In at a New Firm from CareerJournal
We had an […]
Our [secret/covert] couples group watched the first part of this tonight. It’s pretty good if you had a group of people that needed to be introduced to Africa and the AIDS crisis. It’s produced by Willow Creek and features Bill and Lynn Hybels. It comes with a little discussion guide which has […]
Our Hungary team had a great time hanging with K and B McN and their kids tonight - real live missionaries! Since they are one of the families that will be at the CAI conference we are serving at this summer, we invited them to our team meeting to meet some of the team […]
“The singular one-volume source of information on North American missions today.” Of course, you should also be asking, “What is the future of North American missions?” That answer isn’t in this post.
But according to this book:
AustriaNumber of Missions Organizations: 37Number of Missionaries in the Country: 190
BrazilNumber of Missions Organizations: 137Number of […]
Matt, our logistics coordinator, threw this idea out to our leader teams and they have totally run with it - me included. Host a mission support letter stuffing party. It ensures your letters get out while you have some fun with your team.
Photo: TH, EllyK and GM at a recent Hungary team […]
::: Cities Where People Walk the Fastest
1. Singapore; 10.55s2. Copenhagen (Denmark); 10.82s3. Madrid (Spain); 10.89s4. Guangzhou (China): 10.94s5. Dublin (Ireland); 11.03s6. Curitiba (Brazil); 11.13s7. Berlin (Germany); 11.16s8. New York (USA); 12.00s9. Utrecht (Holland); 12.04s10. Vienna (Austria); 12.06sTime in seconds to cover 60ft (0.02km)
link via kottke.org
::: Rick Warren on giving back
PDL money scared him to […]
Kt’s class was doing a unit on Africa a few weeks ago and so I dragged NLind in with me to talk to them a little bit about Cameroon and Uganda. We had a great time telling some fun stories and showing pictures and passing around some of our souvenirs [the drums, Cameroonian and […]
One day, I’m going to take a whole mess of people to Origins… In the meantime, Eric Bryant has write ups 1, 2 and 3 and Josh Griffin has some good notes on one of the sessions on character.
I’ve already been pretty fortunate this year in terms of being invested in - having been […]
from the Center for Missional Research
