Leadership Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/leadership/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:48:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Leadership Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/leadership/ 32 32 Reconsidering Trump https://mind-at-work.com/reconsidering-trump/ Fri, 11 Nov 2022 12:07:29 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=5082 The word sanctimonious means “making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness.” Its synonyms include phony, insincere, deceitful, fake. Simply said, to be sanctimonious is to lack genuineness, honesty, sincerity. Two days before the 2022 election, Donald Trump used that word to describe Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the most acclaimed governor in the country [...]

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]]> The Unfathomable Silence of the Shepherds https://mind-at-work.com/the-unfathomable-silence-of-the-shepherds/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 17:24:37 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4867 The Shepherd metaphor is one of the clearest and most vivid in all of Scripture and not surprisingly was adopted by the Church and used for millennia to describe the relationship of its bishops with its people. The Bible is filled with references to this relationship. Some are warm and encouraging, such as “He shall [...]

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]]> When the President Met the Pope https://mind-at-work.com/when-the-president-met-the-pope/ Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:43:51 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=4658 On November 1, All Saints Day, the Catholic News Service reported on President Biden’s visit with Pope Francis. I’ll begin with a background note, then examine what the participants said about the meeting, and, finally, consider what message it sent to Catholics in America and people around the world. Background: President Biden has been strongly [...]

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]]> Donald Trump’s Favor https://mind-at-work.com/donald-trumps-favor/ Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:26:35 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=1482 Donald Trump exploded onto the Republican presidential scene in July, bringing a level of excitement far beyond what the other dozen or so candidates had generated combined. With the excitement came two controversies and a commanding lead in the polls. The latter development left detractors questioning the good sense of the people polled, and supporters [...]

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