by joshuarivers | Aug 10, 2012 | Education, Leadership, Personal Growth
I’ve been busy helping to train some people. One person is new and having to learn everything. Another person is just learning a new position. I have noticed that not everyone worries about why something needs to be done, or what the process is to arrive at a...
by joshuarivers | Jul 23, 2012 | Education, Leadership, Personal Growth
Lead by following. This may sound like a contradictory statement, but a good leader is also a good follower. Some people may think that a leader is always the one out front, taking charge. No need to ask directions. No need to slow down. Definitely no need to have...
by joshuarivers | May 15, 2010 | Education, Misc.
Now that we are on the fourth and last part of this Separation of Church and State, some may be wondering, “What does this have to do with education?” First of all, a look at some of my other blog posts would be helpful, but I will summarize here. The...
by joshuarivers | May 11, 2010 | Education, Misc.
Anytime you hear the concept of the separation of church and state being talked about these days, it is never in regard to maintaining the restraints on government; instead, it is always talking about what Christians and churches cannot do. (D. James Kennedy,...
by joshuarivers | May 7, 2010 | Education, Misc.
When Thomas Jefferson wrote his letter to the Baptist congregation in Danbury, Connecticut, in 1802, eleven years after the Bill of Rights had been ratified, he said that the First Amendment errected a “wall of separation” between Church and State. Even...
by joshuarivers | May 4, 2010 | Education, Misc.
The issue about the separation of Church and State has been, and continues to be, a pressing and misunderstood matter. It is my plan in the next several weeks to post articles pertaining to this issue. In this post, I am starting from the beginning: the letter from...
