Foster Genuine Culture

Katya Andresen writes that marketing needs to spur someone into action. Creating a message that doesn’t ask receivers to act in a particular way is rather pointless. This is huge, and one of the most important lessons one can take from her Nonprofit Marketing Blog (and she has many lessons to teach).
Don’t ever settle for […]

I am deeply grateful to Brad Shorr for his review of the Cluetrain Manifesto. Like Brad, I acknowledge the importance of the Cluetrain message. Indeed, they have forgotten more about the internet than I will ever know. Yet, if the internet is about conversation, than in the conversation we can choose to make a contribution. […]

I was reading yet another article in the New York Times about the Episcopal/Anglican Church and their trouble with accepting Bishop Gene Robinson as one of their own. It fills me with tears to read how the world Anglicans and many Episcopalians in the US have responded to his service as Bishop of New Hampshire. […]

If you do nothing else to improve your health, stand. I love to watch those PBS specials that go on for two or three hours. They feature a doctor who will inform us how to improve our health. Why do we need to keep hearing the same advice though? To improve your health, you need […]

Jane Spahr is a Presbyterian minister who came out as lesbian to her church in 1978. She recently wed two lesbians couples. Now the regional judicial committee found her guilty of violating church rules, according to the New York Times. She is retiring at the end of this month.
I have two thoughts. I find it […]

You know, Bill Richardson had a poor evening, but I kind of like his pragmatic approach. He doesn’t want to support gay marriage because he doesn’t think he can deliver on the goods once he is president. Kucinich may be in favor, but since he doesn’t really think he’ll be president, talk is cheaper for […]

I am back with this blog. I hope that I don’t have any further problems.
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