Newsletter
December 2010
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When Good Leaders Go Bad It can’t be. You always wanted to be a leader not a manager. You went to college, mapped out a career path that would lead you to attaining your goal. You worked 10 hour—okay 12 hour—days, took on every... |
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A Broken Window, A Christmas Miracle I went west to Lincoln on the 10th to attend Behold the Lamb as part of a blooming Christmas tradition that some friends and I share to kick off the holiday season. The concert was wonderful; the group of us who went were singing songs and conversing... |
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Your Go-To Gift Guide for Holiday Shopping, #2 Click here for the first installment in Jared’s 2010 Gift Guide series, (bags by MZ Wallace, scent by Marc Jacobs, ice cream from Dundee’s eCreamery, and more!) |
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A Challenge to Your Comfort Zone Last night I received an email from one of the pastors at a local megachurch. The two of us struck up a friendship after meeting at a conference on social media last spring. Shortly after the conference, we got coffee together to share more about our... |
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A Day in the Life of a Vet The work day commute home consists of loud music, thoughts of the Mastiff I spayed today, and concern for the juvenile Bearded Dragon I treated. The Bearded Dragon is on intense supportive care for a muscle wasting condition. He has lost six... |
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The Weekly Grind and Omaha.net Team Up What’s the last great thing you did while drinking? Michael Shearer and Bryan Mohr created a radio program. Try beating that. While it’s true that The Weekly Grind was created two years ago during a long night of scotching at the... |
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A Guide to the Best Books of 2010 As hard as it is to believe, it’s time to start thinking about that long list of holiday gifts you should have started thinking about months ago. Does the idea of fighting the crowds in the department stores, malls, and discount chains scare you?... |
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Letting Go of Processed Food: Challenging, But Worth It! Making healthy food choices can seem like such a battle, especially this time of year, with endless holiday parties and social eating obligations. In theory, it should be so simple to do the right thing—everyone knows that from a health perspective... |
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Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam rocked Film Streams Last Tuesday, November 30th, Project Interfaith and Film Streams co-sponsored the viewing of Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam at Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater. The documentary centered around a group of young Muslim Americans in... |
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Nebraska Compact Avoids Arizona-Style Immigration Law We were a nation that was founded upon Christian values, where we prided ourselves on welcoming immigrants, the poor and down trodden who wanted nothing more but to make a better life for our families. Extreme Arizona SB1070-style legislation... |
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Meet Omaha's New AmeriCorps VISTAs They love to serve. They range in age from 23 to 50. They get a stipend of $800-a-month for the barest living expenses. They will spend a year providing support to Omaha’s service community. Meet our city’s new AmeriCorps VISTAs, a group... |
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Doorly Zoo Elephants Bid Farewell…For Now I have always been intrigued by elephants. As soon as I watched the movie Dumbo as a child and witnessed the elephant learning to overcome his “big ear” disability to create a flying circus performance like no other, I was fascinated.... |
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Business Lesson #1: There Is No Recipe (Who Cares) I’m not really a recipe follower. My mom is that person who sticks to a recipe with meticulous care—and I mean down to the two large eggs. My grandma and aunt’s lax cooking methods irked her to no end. Mom would complain that they would... |
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Celebrating 50 Years of La Vista Celebrating 50 years! What began in La Vista, Nebraska, 1960, as the House of Nines is now a thriving community of more than 19,000 residents. Built overlooking the floodplain of the Big Papillion Creek, the House of Nines was the beginning of... |
