Author: The Journey

Manager’s Memo 4-29-21

Another school year is in the books for me. As I was going through my notes, I stumbled on notations from a trip I took pre-Covid with a few of my students to Maryland for a film festival. Of the six of them, one had never crossed the Texas border. Another had never boarded an airplane. Most had never been to the Washington DC area. Some had never been on a subway. Professors live for these moment

Manager’s Memo 4-9-21

This one is pretty simple. Let’s start with THANK YOU! What an amazing week! Thank you for your outpouring of support during Sharathon. Almost 350 donors checking in and more than $96,000 at this point, well over our goal of $91,000.  Thank you to all who called in leadership gifts to keep us challenged and hopping. Thank you to everyone who gave sacrificially and to the young ones in the audience

Manager’s Memo 3-24-21

The book Ecclesiastes always strikes me as a book full of contradictions. It is full of “this is folly” and “chasing after the wind” while providing great advice on life, relationships, and leadership. Tradition holds it was written by an elderly Solomon as a reflection on his life and times. Not that I resonate with a grumpy, old man’s writings, but Chapter 4 is an e

Manager’s Memo 3-5-21

I’m the head janitor here at the Journey. I’ve been a head janitor for much of my professional life at one organization or another. Being head janitor means you get to think about tomorrow and the next day and the next month and the next year, instead of just being focused on the details of what happens today. I wrestle with that thinking about tomorrow escalating to worrying about tomorrow, and t