“For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.” African Proverb “We are all time travelers on a journey into the future,” writes Edward Cornish in his book, Futuring – The Exploration of the Future. The writer of the African proverb understood this, but also understood that preparation for tomorrow begins today. The […]

Fear grows in darkness; if you think there’s a bogeyman around, turn on the light – Dorothy Thompson When was the last time you pondered what life would be like in the future? What will your job be like? What will life be like for your children? Many of us have had such thoughts. This […]

The headline in the July 26, 2008, Sacramento Bee proclaimed: “City’s salvage scandal spreads.” This was one in a series of articles about a scrap-metal dealer who had admitted to bribing employees in three northern California cities. “Whew!” you say, “That’s too bad . . . at least it wasn’t here.” But it could happen […]

Imagine being a leader in a culture very different from yours with a people whose life experience and perspective is radically different. Such was the experience of Don Brewster who gave up a comfortable position as an executive pastor in a mega-church to move to Cambodia where he and his wife started Rahab’s House (www.aim4asia.org), […]

Imagine your congregation experiencing fifty percent increase, growing from 1200 to 1800 in just six months or that your city grew from 11,000 to 40,000 residents in seven years. What challenges would that kind of growth bring? How do you lead a fast growing organization into the future? These are real examples from organizations that […]