so sorry i haven' responded. i have been swamped with SPAM mail to this account and have missed getting back to real comments. also, we are doing major web site and have been kind of off line. we will be back soon and a note will appear on this site as to where to go to find us. thanks, brian

so sorry i haven' responded. yes, please use this in any way you find it useful... i have been swamped with SPAM mail to this account and have missed getting back to real comments. also, we are doing major web site and have been kind of off line. we will be back soon and a note will appear on this site as to where to go to find us. thanks, brian

so sorry i haven' responded. i have been swamped with SPAM mail to this account and have missed getting back to real comments. also, we are doing major web site and have been kind of off line. we will be back soon and a note will appear on this site as to where to go to find us. thanks, brian

so sorry i haven' responded. i have been swamped with SPAM mail to this account and have missed getting back to real comments. also, we are doing major web site and have been kind of off line. we will be back soon and a note will appear on this site as to where to go to find us. thanks, brian

I have a good friend who did a social media fast for Lent. He said it was a wonderful experience... and he is now back... but with much more limited involvement. thanks for the link i'll check that out. brian

byron... no one listens to me... blogging is an exercise in futility and in humility. :-)

since i read it this year... i'll have to say, so far, one of the best for this year. :-)

Hey Byron Good thoughts. Drucker may have some either/or thinking that can be improved upon as you opted. It is interesting to me how small and narrow the readership is of the real scholarly stuff... And how few copies of books are printed for real scholarly studies. Not to say we dont need them, we do... But the more scholarly it is, the more likely it is specialized so much that it is relevant only to an elite few who share the requisite knowledge base. But I should say that people like N.T.Wright are producing serious works that leave out the scholarly apparatus that is just not of interest to the majority. So I suppose the definition of what is scholarly and what is serious is an important question. I also agree in one sense with the need to captivate people by interesting conversation and communication. I think I took Drucker as referring to the motives for why one writes. Unfortunately I the shallow generalist as well can neither impress or be clear. :-( Hey, and on the theme of leadership, I am reading some very serious materials by de Vries. Wow... Deep analysis of leadership dysfunction using psycho-analytical models. I have to stretch to assimilate what he says, but the stretch is good. Brian

Hi lisa. Been out of the country ( and still am ) and catching up on some email. Glad you liked this post. Thanks for being a reader, and, thanks for being a leader who is a life long learner. Hope Monday Nite goes well. Brian

Please do that. Glad you liked it. Blessings on the journey. Brian

p.s. and i made the changes.

AZ... Hey, thanks for catching this. No excuses on my part for not using a spelling checker. My apologies. Sincerely, Brian.

and it is always harder to give it and to receive it than we imagine... sigh...

Joan: Thank-you for your comment. And I never got around to responding about a previous comment where you had so many insightful things you said. I found myself thinking about your ideas and trying to write some thoughts back, and realized I couldnt do so simply. And then I neglected to say anything. Sigh... Too many good books, too many important themes, too many enjoyable conversations . . . and too little time. blessings and may we find a friend looking back in the mirror on most days. Brian

Hi Mark. thanks for your comments... part of me just wanted a purist film version of The Hobbit. I re-read it late summer in anticipation of the movie... and found myself wondering ... how slow and uninteresting that kind of film would be for a modern audience... and kind of knew that Jackson was going to have to put The Hobbit on entertainment steroids for a satisfied audience... Ill see Part Two and Part Three. Hope all is well with life. Brian

Phil: I was not aware of the Coursera resource you mentioned. I will check it out... thanks for the lead and great to hear about your own life long learning pursuits. many blessings. brian

Thank-you. Im grateful you enjoyed it. A difficult topic but one core to our journey. Much grace and peace to you in the season ahead. brian

thanks Lisa... for better or worse, I am on the other side of that age divide where I am pretty much living the habits that I formed... praise God that the decade of my 40s was a healthier decade for formation. :-) brian