If you have ever worked for a nonprofit, you understand that the week between Christmas and New Year’s is a critical time of the year. This is the time of the year when budgets are made or missed. With all of the pent-up expectation of a child anxiously waiting for Christmas morning, staff anxiously...
Summer. I just love that word and all that comes with it: barbecues, swimming and … internships. At HOPE, we have a remarkable group of interns this summer. We take the selection of interns as seriously as we take hiring employees. After receiving over 100 applications, we chose the top 25 applicants – and...
Several years ago, Fuller Seminary professor Dr. J. Robert Clinton did a study that found something alarming—only one in three biblical leaders finished well. Two-thirds of leaders who did amazing things for God imploded, abused their power, or were involved in scandal. The statistic is the same—or worse—today, said Clinton. Much stems from the...