John Dussman is the Volunteer Executive Director of the Cristo Rey Institute with extensive volunteerism in the community. He has been a longtime volunteer with St. James Public Action to Deliver Shelter, a volunteer leader of the Viatorian Giving Garden project, and supporter and volunteer for the Friends of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library.
The Courageous Heart: Wisdom for Difficult Times
By Rod Pickett
This book is a collection of essays offering comfort and practical wisdom for life's challenges, centered around insightful quotes and themes of grief, love and personal growth. It provided inspiration in the middle of COVID.
A Spirituality of Fundraising: The Henri Nouwen Spirituality Series
by Henri J.M. Nouwen
An unlikely source on how to overcome your fears about asking for money/support and help for your worthwhile cause.
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant
by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne
Brilliant book on strategy - blue ocean vs. red ocean in products and ideas.
Walden and Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.” The theme of living simply is a book for all ages.
Star Wars: A New Hope
Movie, 1977
From the opening sequence, you knew you were in a different world.
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Chilling, a book-burning (banning) theme that returns to the news more than 50 years later.
Happy Days
TV Show, 1974-1984
Richie Cunningham, the Fonz, a feel-good TV show that always ended in a happy place.
Laudato Si and Laudate Deum
by Pope Francis
Take care of our common home (Earth) and listen to the cries of the poor.