Ragstack
John RagsdaleThe Ragstack is a space for thinking seriously about joy—not as sentiment or “fun,” but as the kind of fuel that gives meaning to work, depth to community, and staying power to leadership.
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Forgive and. . . Remember?
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D-Day (June 6, 1944) was 82 years ago yesterday. Operation Overlord was launched as the Allies attacked the German forces entrenched at Normandy.
I can’t think about D-Day without thinking about my dad...
i remember. . .
May 31st. A day that will live in infamy.1
Wait! I thought that was December 7, specifically December 7, 1941.
As it turns out, history has more than a few infamous dates.
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Cultivation! It's the New Collaboration.
Collaboration.
One of the foremost of the buzzwords in higher education.
We use it a lot. And, I mean A LOT!
For example, when trying to find a new dean, we spell out that we want a collaborative leader. Someone who will listen, not a lo...
If You'll Listen to Him, You'll Learn Something
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“If you’ll listen to him, you’ll learn something.”
I was praying for our son Josh around the time of his first birthday–today’s his 44th–and this is the message God dropped in my heart. I still remember that...
The French Aren't Wrong about Everything
Every May it’s the same thing. Caps. Gowns. Speeches.
Followed by exhaustion.
Such is the life of the educator.
In truth, we’re probably exhausted a few weeks before commencement. But we endure it for a while. Then we just fake it until...
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I'm the provost at Asbury Theological Seminary. I love working with our faculty and staff to educate people for missional ministry. I'm also captivated by joy. So, whatever I write, I'm always asking, "Where's the joy here?"
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