by Editor | Aug 12, 2018 | Service and Volunteerism
Why does a leader need to have control over his or her emotions? Leadership is about serving others and a greater purpose beyond your own desires or ego. Control over one’s emotions is essential to seeing from a perspective beyond your own and responding to situations...
by Editor | Jun 27, 2018 | Service and Volunteerism
Taking time to volunteer is not just beneficial for the people being served. Research and interviewing volunteers themselves proves that there is a myriad of benefits to prioritizing charitable service consistently in one’s daily life. Volunteering is not just for...
by Editor | Jun 18, 2018 | National Transformation, Service and Volunteerism
Waiting on the world to change? The world is waiting on you. “We the people” make transformation happen. The first step is to own the process. We have to be engaged in building our neighborhoods, our communities, our nations, our world. We have to participate. We have...
by Editor | Jun 15, 2018 | Interfaith, Peacebuilding, Universal Principles and Values
Religion. The word inspires a variety of reactions. For some, it invokes concern, maybe even anger over divisive doctrines that promote extremism and a narrow frame of mind. But to many, religion is not so much a concept but a life-sacred space. It is a space to...
by Main | Jun 10, 2015 | Interfaith, One Family Under God, Universal Principles and Values, Youth Leadership
The rational-choice theory that has been so popular up until now suggests that, given the right incentives and punishments, human beings and thus human societies will make rational choices. And yet, clearly, that has not been the case. War is not rational; violence is...