http://drewsams.com Thu, 22 Apr 2010 23:33:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the last 9 months I've taken a hiatus from the monologue that is blogging as I've been pursuing my doctoral work with Len Sweet at George Fox Seminary in Portland while pastoring full time in Los Angeles. Technology and less sleep have allowed me to do both at the ... http://drewsams.com/?p=861 Artwork by deviantmonk In fiction, setting includes the time, location, circumstances, and characters, everything in which a story takes place, and provides the main backdrop and mood for a story. But stories are often more than fiction. In fact, as humans we tend to piece together and make sense of the ... http://drewsams.com/?p=839 BILL HYBELS Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, IL, and the chairman of the board for the Willow Creek Association. He convened The Leadership Summit in 1995, following a God-given prompting to help raise and develop the spiritual gift of leadership for ... http://drewsams.com/?p=830 TONY BLAIR One of Great Britain's most internationally recognized statesmen, Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007. During his tenure he helped transform Britain's public services in education and health care and is widely credited for his contribution towards assisting the Northern ... http://drewsams.com/?p=823 BONO Bono is the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, which has sold more than 140 million albums and won numerous awards, including 22 Grammys. A well-known activist in the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa, he co-founded DATA (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa) in 2002, The One Campaign ... http://drewsams.com/?p=810 CHIP HEATH is an author, consultant, speaker, and popular professor at Stanford's Graduate School of Management. His unique research on what makes ideas succeed has been featured in a wide range of popular media programs and publications. DAN HEATH is an insightful and engaging communicator, widely recognized business consultant, researcher, and ... http://drewsams.com/?p=798 DAVID GERGEN Editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report and political analyst for CNN and PBS, David Gergen has served as a White House adviser to four presidents; Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton. He is also a professor at Harvard’s School of Public Leadership. The author of Eyewitness to Power, he ... http://drewsams.com/?p=776 WESS STAFFORD Dr. Wess Stafford, President of Compassion International, is an internationally recognized advocate for children in poverty. Founded in 1952, Compassion is one of the world's largest Christian child development agencies, partnering with more than thousands of local churches in order to serve more than one million children in 24 ... http://drewsams.com/?p=770 ANDREW RUGASIRA Andrew Rugasira is the Founder and CEO of Good African Coffee, an African-based social enterprise that brings quality coffees to the global market. Prior to founding Good African Coffee, Andrew was the CEO of VR Promotions, Ltd. which was featured in president Bill Clinton's 1998 tour of Africa. Andrew ... http://drewsams.com/?p=764 DAVE GIBBONS Dave Gibbons is the founding pastor of Newsong Church, a multi-generational, multi-ethnic, multi-continental, multi-site church in Irvine, CA, named as one of the most innovative churches in America.. Gibbons also leads the Newsong Global Alliance, a catalytic church organization with expanding, worldwide reach. The author of The Monkey and ... http://drewsams.com/?p=630