Questions and Answers From John Piper | hopeingod.org

A disconnect between the pulpit and vision-casting will not work for the good of the church. The pulpit is the main voice of the vision. The vision is hammered out in the grueling labors of countless encounters with staff and elders as biblical truth meets structural, congregational, and cultural reality. These vision-forming, vision-sustaining, vision-finalizing labors require leadership—leadership to keep the vision biblical; leadership to keep the vision energized and joyful and wise and relevant and possible; leadership to keep the vision moving through obstacle after obstacle; and leadership to trumpet that vision winsomely to thousands of members. 

That kind of leadership does not happen without one chief among equals leading the way. And that person, in my view, must be the Pastor for Preaching & Vision. The one who heralds the vision and captures the hearts and minds of the people for the vision can only do that if he has paid the price of crafting the vision and winning his fellow leaders for it. He cannot herald a vision with integrity and power that he has been handed on a piece of paper.

Entrepreneurship: Nature Vs. Nurture : Discovery News

they found if you are extroverted and open to experience, you are likely to have the genes for entrepreneurship too.

It is the latest nature versus nurture study, joining a recent exploration of the possible existence of a liberal gene.

The scientists designed a study of identical and fraternal twins to gauge the influence of genes and environment. Over 3,000 twins participated in the study.

Santorum, Gingrich belong on Virginia ballot - CNN.com

January provided another glaring example when federal courts rejected the efforts of Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum to appear on the Virginia ballot in the state's Republican primary. Virginia voters who go to the polls Tuesday are left with only two Republican primary options: Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.

Both Gingrich and Santorum have won substantial GOP victories in some states. After those victories, the Virginia ballot access restrictions are especially unfair to voters and the candidates.