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Golden Wedding Anniversary 2012 Christmas Newsletter
Anne and I are completing a year of celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary! Please check the link below to read our Christmas 2012 newsletter, highlighting the phenomenal golden anniversary year we have enjoyed! Golden Wedding Anniversary… Read More
BoardServe Roundtable
Recently, I convened a meeting of a group of seven mature adults who have vast experience with not-for-profit boards and board governance. Earlier in the year, I requested the group to participate in a “BoardServe Roundtable.” The Roundtable in my… Read More
Govern Diligently
“We have different gifts; according to the grace given to us…If it is leadership, let him govern diligently.” Romans 12:6-8b (NIV). In the fascinating 12th chapter of Romans, two words jump out at me as I… Read More
So Much has happened since…!
I mentioned to you last fall that I was entering a transition period as I approached my retirement as education commissioner for the Church of the Nazarene. It has, indeed, been a fascinating transition time for Anne and me. In… Read More
Transition Pause
During this transition in ministry from serving as education commissioner and administrator of the International Board of Education for the Church of the Nazarene to the development of BoardServe.org, I am going to take pause from posting blog notes on… Read More
FINAL BLOG AS EDUCATION COMMISSIONER
LeBron, Anne & Stephen Fairbanks IBOE Retirement Reception What a journey! When I was approached in late 2007 about my availability to serve as education commissioner to follow Dr. Jerry Lambert, I… Read More
DEALING WITH A SENSE OF BETRAYAL
“DEALING WITH A SENSE OF BETRAYAL” Matthew 26:14-30; 26:47-50; 27-1-7 I have been thinking in recent years about a “vocational vision” for school presidents/directors in relation to colleagues with whom they closely work. I am… Read More
Live and Lead with the Mind of Christ
I spoke on Monday, August 15, in the Global Ministry Center chapel service. The service provided for me an opportunity to share with my colleagues a critical component of my faith journey in the vocation of Chrisitan higher education administration. Twice in… Read More