by Martin Saunders | May 14, 2020 | Opinion
It has taken me 40 years to accept my privilege as a white, middle-class man. I hated this idea. Hated it. Because I’ve always prided myself on something – that I am a good guy, one of the proverbial good guys in fact. I help other people. I empower women and people...
by Jonathan Langley | May 13, 2020 | Opinion
“I have the power!” is a quote not brought up often enough at the Global Leadership Summit or in the Harvard Business Review. It seems to me the definitive quote on power relations considered through a Marxist, feminist, post-colonial or Christian lens. It was, of...
by Jeffrey D. Vickery | Oct 18, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Aug. 12, 2003. At the time of publication, Vickery was co-pastor of Cullowhee Baptist Church in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The tortoise and the hare taught us that slow and steady wins the race, but Yertle the Turtle’s...
by Jack Moline | Oct 10, 2019 | Opinion
I was in a classroom not so long ago in which a renowned scholar was trying to persuade students, who were preparing to embark on a leadership career, to embrace a teaching of Max Weber: Politics is striving to share power (or distribute resources). One student...
by Nick Lear | Jul 11, 2019 | Opinion
The Book of Esther is peculiar because God is not mentioned by name. Yet, like a toddler who has gotten hold of a tub of chocolate spread, God’s fingerprints are everywhere. And the book is controversial because it is a narrative about slavery, racism and power in...
