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This chart from Seth Godin is startling.  And it points out our innate human fear of the unknown, and our comfort with the known – even if the known is much more harmful to us! For every person killed by … Continue reading →

Interesting memo from Nokia’s CEO on how Apple took over the high end mobile phone market.  This in particular caught my attention: The battle of devices has now become a war of ecosystems, where ecosystems include not only the hardware … Continue reading →

From Christianity Today: David Gushee of the New Evangelical Partnership for the Common Good said politicians who were using the mosque issue for political gain “deserve neither our sympathy nor our acquiescence, but only our condemnation.” His words for Christians … Continue reading →

China continues phenomenal growth, but as it becomes more developed, that will be harder to sustain. It is much easier to grow 10% when average income is $3,600 (China’s) than when it is $46,000 (US’s). Look at how the predictions … Continue reading →

Here is a brilliant story. Go to the link to find the key to creating change. When Jerry Sternin arrived in Vietnam, the welcome was rather chilly. The government had invited his employer, Save the Children, the international organization that … Continue reading →

Wow, a spot on analysis from Dennis Prager: Opponents of the popular expression of conservative opposition to big government, the tea party, regularly note that tea partiers are overwhelmingly white. This is intended to disqualify the tea parties from serious … Continue reading →

…go on a mission! Seth Godin writes: Everyone’s model of work is a job That’s the conclusion of a very long essay on startups by Paul Graham, and it’s an insightful quote. The reason you feel most comfortable with a … Continue reading →

I think this article in the NY Times insightfully protrays what has happened in the first year of the Obama Administration, and what the Democrats can now do about it… Therefore, they counseled, the new administration should move cautiously to … Continue reading →

Just how much is the deficit piling up? And how will we ever climb out of the debt hole? This article in Kiplinger’s has the sobering numbers… In fiscal 2009, federal debt held by the public jumped by a third, … Continue reading →

This has given me a vision for who we want to reach in CRMS. I want a tribe of 1,000 spiritual leaders fanatical about empowering others. First, organize 1,000 Kevin Kelly really changed our thinking with his post about 1,000 … Continue reading →