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A sacred heart

Meditations on vulnerability, leadership, and a life fully lived

By Ronald A. Heifetz , Marty Linsky

In this article excerpted from their recent book Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading, the authors, both Jewish, obliquely explore two Christian images, the Crucifixion and the Catholic devotion of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to plumb the spiritual depths of inspired leadership. Their meditation suggests ways for leaders to maintain their sense of wonder. Do you and your board pursue and model leadership as an act of faith?

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The university connection

For some seminaries, going it alone is not the best way

By Melinda R. Heppe

The seminary-university arrangements of Atlantic Theological Seminary, Talbot School of Theology of Biola University, Graduate Theological Union, and Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University are explored.

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The finding of the four thousand

A primer on executive thinking at the grassroots level

By Barbara Saunders

Columbia Theological Seminary board member John Aldridge brings solution-oriented foresight learned in the world of business to the recruitment needs of seminaries and the pastoral shortage of his church.

Focal point

Take a look at the big picture

By William R. MacKaye

Don't hesitate to ask why.

Soundings

Thanks and the global south

A note of appreciation from Raymond Bost, a former board member of Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and more on African Christianity from Titus Presler, dean and president of the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.

Spirit matters

A new journey along an old road

By Melinda R. Heppe

Melinda Heppe explores the mysteries of the stations of the cross.

Tool box

Drafting a statement of expectations

By Tracy Schier

Tracy Schier explores the ins and outs of drafting statements of expectations for board members.

Perspective

Uniting school and church at the center

By Kevin Mannoia

Kevin W. Mannoia, dean of Haggard School of Theology of Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California, argues that centers can bridge the gap between seminaries and churches.

Changing scenes

Canadian Anglicans settle in lawsuit

By Bob Bettson

Canadian Anglicans reach settlement concerning Native residential schools; women show slight gains in board member representation; and Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond receives payment on a $1 million pledge.

After Words

Conversations at the speed of light

By Carnegie Samuel Calian

C. Samuel Calian, president of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and Glenn Miller, Waldo Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Bangor Theological Seminary, trade comment and response in this new In Trust department.

Books

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide

A review

Title: A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
Author: Samantha Power
Publisher: Basic Books

Books

Everyday evil

A review of Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing

By Gerry Fitzgerald

Title: Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing
Author: James Waller
Publisher: Oxford

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Evolution and Evil

A review of Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil

By Robert Bowman

Title: Darwin’s God: Evolution and the Problem of Evil
Author: Cornelius G. Hunter
Publisher: Baker-Brazos Press

Books

God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to a New Generation

A review

By Mark Sullivan

Title: God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to a New Generation
Author: Jeremy Langford
Publisher: Orbis Books

Books

The Philosophers' Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination

A review

By Rosie Jackson

Title: The Philosophers' Secret Fire: A History of the Imagination
Author: Patrick Harpur
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee

Books

Religion's role

A review of When Religion Becomes Evil

By Jana Riess

Title: When Religion Becomes Evil
Author: Charles Kimball
Publisher: Harper San Francisco

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