If we look beneath the commercial facade of Valentine’s Day, we can find a healthy value at its core, but it’s a value that needs to be reclaimed. Many resent the holiday’s obligatory nature and its focus on the idealized, fairytale love that gets glamourized by media, Hallmark, and Hollywood. The core value needs to […]
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Metanoia – change in one’s way of life resulting from spiritual conversion. The word ‘metanoia’ is Greek with ‘meta’ meaning after or beyond and ‘nous’ meaning mind. It’s commonly understood as “a transformative change of heart” and used consistently to express a fundamental change in thinking that leads to a fundamental change in behavior. Transformation
The title of this blog post was the subtitle of the ‘book’ that started all of this. In 2008, as my oldest daughter was graduating from high school, I put on paper my insights and reflections of what I had learned over time for her to have as a reference throughout her life. That gift
My one word for 2021 is “Presence.” Selecting a word for this new year was a challenge. I reflected upon exiting 2020 and entering 2021 to contemplate what word inspires me. I also considered where I am in my life and how can I continue to make a difference. By definition, presence is the state of
I was part of a research exercise in my company where we broke into groups to read a specific business book recommended to our leadership team. As a result, I read the book, Play Bigger (a very worthwhile read) and a big takeaway is that to make a leap of success, one should focus on
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Included in Matthew’s Gospel is Jesus’ Judgement of Nations and reflection on goats and sheep [25:31–46]. Although often called a “parable,” it is just a “similitude” or an imaginative comparison. This passage gets a lot of attention around the deeds of mercy for the least of our brothers being a criterion of judgment. I have
Although the phrase, “willing the good of the other”, may never appear in a sentimental greeting card, it captures the genuine and generous selflessness that should always be understood when we speak of love. St. Thomas Aquinas first suggested that true love derives less from emotion and more from decision. According to Aquinas, love is
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I have seen the expression “I am Third” before, but the most recent time it inspired me to read more about it. Based on those insights, I felt it was a great follow up to my previous blog, Enlightened Self Interest. I Am Third, is a saying that represents the basis for every faithful life:
In today’s world it is easier to get a book published with outlets for self-publishing and small boutique publishing firms. As a result, we have thousands of books every year that could catch our attention and be a good read. One such book is my Godspeed and Guideposts, another is a book by Nathan Wagner,
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Bruce Springsteen wrote the song “A Hungry Heart” for the rock band The Ramones to record, but his producer encouraged him to record it himself. Although Born to Run was a big album 5 years earlier, this was Springsteen’s first Top 10 hit. Springsteen’s songs are usually about wanting to get away, however in this
