What am I experiencing?
A place to reflect on real life experiences.
Free access to improved health: sunshine. Whether you can walk or not, if the sun shines, get into it, or at least get to looking at it out a window. Being in it or being able to see it just makes you feel better. Here in the Canadian north, we get our share of cold. … More 10 Self Care Tips… Sunshine, Walking…
The church is divided. People are isolated. The fellowship is broken. Leadership fractured. My plea for every church out there in 2021: Leaders get back in the same room, in person, pray together, and ask God how you, as shepherds, can and must boldly lead God’s people at this time. Lead unified… towards greater unity. … More My early plea for 2021
Christmas is a time of wonder, excitement, anticipation, beauty…… and stress. This year particularly. We’ve all had our share of curveballs, cancellations, and complications. Tired of a dragged-out pandemic. Often we give gifts. Including gifts of our time, our talents, ourselves, our homes, whatever. What about giving the gift of sharing with those close to … More Unpacking the Gift of Reality… “I’m not ok.”
Growth occurs in a person’s life when one realizes that the benefit of facing the pain of change can outweigh enduring the pain of doing nothing. Many people remain stuck because they do not want to face the pain of making changes in their life. Great things happen when the pain of doing nothing has tipped … More Facing the Pain of Change
“I will give you rest.” How many people can say that? I will give you rest. Do we need rest? Of course! Especially in this world. But do we always find it? No. Can you or I give it? No… not likely. Sometimes we can have a calming affect on people and likewise they on … More Need Rest?
“Individual commitment to a group effort or goal, that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” Vince Lombardi And so much more. Key to moving together. Teamwork. Needs to show up in leadership, in our lives, in society….in civilization. Moving from the individual…..to group…..to team, with commitment … More Teamwork. Makes Society Work…
“Thinking I had some answers to deal with my periodic or inconsistent flow of writing, I went home, attempted some new tactics… and…failed. It didn’t work for me.” How come I don’t always feel like writing? Am I not a writer? A blogger? An author? A wordsmith? When I asked around to some writers about how … More How come I Don’t Always Feel like Writing?
“And the paradox is this: at the heart of this newborn personality is joy; yet the joy is ushered in by tears.” David Wilkerson Tears have often been considered as showing our weakness, or a not being ‘tough enough’. I grew up where the men weren’t supposed to cry, never mind weep…not even when someone … More Tears. We’ve all shed them.
All rivers need a reliable source. Leadership needs the same. Have you ever considered that all worthwhile leadership principles have their source in the Bible? Think about it. All of them. Any trait you want to attribute to leadership you will find in the Bible. Exemplified in the person of Jesus Christ as the perfect … More Leadership Principles Sourced
There are Four Words key to life. Four Words that help unravel origin, meaning, morality, destiny, and identity. We all wonder about where we came from, why we are here, who we are in the process, where we are headed…and more. Here are Four Words to help unlock much of our questioning… 1. The Word … More Four Words… key to Life
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