Monthly Archives: July 2009

Lessons in Love and Cultural Competency

My sweet cat is slowly fading. Her kidneys are failing, and she has almost entirely stopped eating. She’s been part of my being for 16 years and now I am watching as she slowly fades away. Last night on Twitter, my friend Christine Egger wondered aloud, “If you hadn’t been taught you had dominion, how… Continue Reading

Monday Morning Rock Out!

It’s Monday, and I’m starting this week with a nagging question: What’s stopping you? What’s stopping you from making a huge, visionary, significant difference in your community? And if you think the answer is the economy or your board or a million other answers, I hope Mark Horvath’s story will cause you to stop and… Continue Reading

Research Questions I Wish Someone Would Answer

Every once in a while I ask folks on the listserv for ARNOVA ( Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action) if they know whether research has been done about this topic or that. Lately the responses I receive are simultaneously disappointing and intriguing. First, no one finds research to address my question,… Continue Reading