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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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By Dave Coe Certified Facilitator Catholic Vision for Leading Like Jesus Encounter Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that damage the vineyards; for our vineyards are in bloom!  Song of Songs 2:15 Why pay attention to the little foxes instead of the big ones? Because those &...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute Do you remember having a teacher who insisted that he or she never made a mistake? I did. I’m guessing she figured she owed it to the profession or for the sake of classroom control. Whatever her reasoning – if any -- she was wron...

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When leadership discussions drift to matters of “style,” we generally put on our skeptical spectacles and try to slip quietly out of the room. Our problem is that when you try to reduce effective leadership to a “style,” you’re usually drifting into matters periphera...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute There is quite a bit to learn about becoiming a Jesus-like S3 Leader, but when we are asked to boil it down to key principles, the list below is the one we share. Since we first published it, we've gotten several requests to send it out hith...

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By Owen Phelps, Ph.D. Director, Yeshua Institute As I sat in a half-filled church on Christmas Day – on Christmas Day, mind you – I asked myself: Why? Why commit ourselves to excellence? My question was in the context of why anyone involved in Catholic ministry should make or...

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