Future-Proof Your Fundraising

Our world is changing at an incredibly rapid pace: can your fundraising keep up? Changing economies, demographics, and interests all have significant influences on fundraising. So how do we innovate our practices to keep up with the pace of change while maintaining our biblically-centered convictions about generosity and fundraising? To future-proof your fundraising efforts, embrace … Continue reading Future-Proof Your Fundraising

Shifting the Paradigm

At Los Angeles Pacific University, we believe that diversity is an expression of God’s image, love, and boundless creativity. When we embarked on writing this column, we began to wonder, “how exactly are we leading a diverse and inclusive organization?” We offer a training program, Leading the Diverse and Inclusive Organization, specifically designed to teach … Continue reading Shifting the Paradigm

Sparks of Purpose

Thriving — flourishing, prospering, and growing vigorously. That definition of thriving is exciting! Isn’t that what we all want to be doing? We all have a mission, a purpose created for us. “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” (Eph. … Continue reading Sparks of Purpose

Narrow Your Focus

The sounds are deafening. New message alerts combined with colleagues (or kids) talking outside your door make it difficult to focus. You open Facebook and your feed screams contrary messages, while clients keep calling to demand your response to the latest social issues. We struggle to hear ourselves think, and we wonder if we are … Continue reading Narrow Your Focus