Dr. Matt Thomas I have a daily practice of writing a line a day to record something that I have learned or to capture a memory that I hope to fondly recall. I hope to use this collection to inspire and encourage my children and their families long after I’m gone. I’ve been doing this for seven years now and have quite a collection of memories and lessons I’ve learned. So, as my early morning […]
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3 Reasons to Bring your Team to Leading Differently Together
In a few days, hundreds of Christian leaders will be together celebrating the work God is doing across the globe through their endeavors as educators. Something powerful will occur in San Diego when our deep longing to be together is met with Christian fellowship and friendship. I talk about that extensively in another article here. The organizations that have joined together to host Converge have high hopes that each person attending will be challenged and […]
Collective Leadership: A Catalyst for Flourishing Schools
By Jon Eckert and originally posted at converge.education Catalyst: something that speeds up a reaction without being used up. As a former science teacher and someone who studies leadership, I am a firm believer in catalysts. Students, schools, and society need more catalytic leaders because those leaders are sustainable, powerful, and their leadership is not about them. Catalysts are leaders who exhibit confident humility in pursuit of a shared goal. That goal has been human flourishing since Aristotle and […]
Word became flesh
I love Advent because the Advent season is a season of hope. No, not the hope that children (and even some adults) have to receive that special gift they so desire. Nor the hope that some hold onto wishing for large family gatherings or the end of an ongoing pandemic. No, the Advent season is uniquely about Hope entering a hopeless world. A world that had no hope because it was darkened by sin and […]
Dependent Leaders are Never Lonely
By Matt Thomas, Ed.D. For most of my 28+ year career, I’ve heard that “leadership is lonely.” It’s been said to me by school leaders, Fortune 500 executives, and pastors with multiple staff members. So, I’ve always believed it. And, because I accepted this as normative, I spent far too many lonely days as a leader. Eventually, I became dissatisfied with this norm, especially in institutions that were led by Christians. I remember hearing the […]