by Sarah Bond | Mar 30, 2018 | Connect, Cultivate
It’s been a while since you’ve heard from us. While our article pages and Voice of Courage Facebook have been a bit still since January, we’ve been deep at work in the intricate layers of our leadership dreams for you, our Voice of Courage community. As I think about...
by Jan Kern | Apr 30, 2016 | Courage, Cultivate, Voice
Every day we have an opportunity to cultivate extraordinary courage in others through our calling, in our teams, through our sphere of influence—sometimes simply through our words or our presence. Let’s dialogue about this topic. I don’t have the answers or a complete...
by Jan Kern | Apr 1, 2016 | Courage, Cultivate
“Nothing happens unless first we dream.” —Carl Sandburg, poet At the final breakfast of the 2016 Mount Hermon Writers Conference, literary agent Wendy Lawton stood and addressed all those who hadn’t yet been whisked away by the airport shuttles. She...
by Jan Kern | Feb 26, 2016 | Cultivate, Deepen
“True hospitality is marked by an open response to the dignity of each and every person.” Kathleen Norris Sawubona. I recently learned this Zulu “hello” at a 2016 If Gathering simulcast. In the Zulu language it means, “I see you.” A speaker with us at the...
by Sarah Bond | Feb 4, 2016 | Cultivate
“Somewhere we know that without silence words lose their meaning, that without listening speaking no longer heals, that without distance closeness cannot cure.” Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude I’m on a journey of cultivating space.Space to hear his whispers. Space to...