By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute Our nominee for Leader of the Year – maybe Leader of the Decade – is Anthony Fauci, M.D. He is Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). a post he has...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute There are two exceptionally high stakes sectors in life: aviation and medical care. When people mess up in these sectors, other people often die. That’s why it’s good to learn as much from them whenever we can. Here’s one...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute Maybe you recently hired a new person to fill either a new slot or an old one. But now that they’re on the job they don’t seem to be performing up to the expectations you set for them when you decided they were right for the job. ...

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There’s no better time than Lent to begin taking better care of our common home – the Earth. Certainly there’s no more basic pro-life initiative than doing all that we can to make sure the planet is capable of sustaining human life. Or as Pope Francis puts it in his encyclica...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute Over the many seasons of my life I have entertained a wide range of attitudes regarding Lent. I can recall my earliest elementary school years when it was an incredible opportunity to draw praise from parents and teachers alike. Those were th...

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If you go to church on Ash Wednesday – next Wednesday, Feb. 26 – as so many people do, you will hear an invitation to fully participate in Lent. It’s the opening verses of the first reading, taken from the book of Joel. Scholars tell us it was most likely composed in 450-400 BC,...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute It started out as an idea last year for how my wife, Jane, and I might do something together during Lent that would help us get to know the Gospels and Acts of the Apostles better – and also to better develop the heart and mind of Jesus, w...

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The Most Rev. James P. Powers, head of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin, has agreed to serve as Episcopal Advisor to the Yeshua Catholic International Leadership Institute, according to an announcement from the institute this week. Bishop Powers replaces the Most Reverend Francis J. Kane, ret...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute Spot quiz: Do you know why so many leaders in homes, workplaces, churches and communities have such bad reputations? Answer: They’ve earned them. Consider these statistics taken from a 2018 survey: only 30% of employees see the...

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One of our favorite sources of good Christian leadership information is the Best Christian Workplaces Institute, which recently published a story listing seven things good leaders do everyday. Here’s the list: Remember the vision Practice thankfulness Delegate tasks Learn someth...

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