From “Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life” by Henri Nouwen with Michael J. Christensen and Rebecca J. Laird What is God calling me to do? Where is God calling me to go? Where do I belong? These persistent questions have circled back to the center of my prayers many times during my life. From […]

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From “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success” by Carol S. Dweck, PhD Mindsets frame the running account that’s taking place in people’s heads. They guide the whole interpretation process. The fixed mindset creates an internal monologue that is focused on judging: “This means I’m a loser.” “This means I’m a better person than they are.”

From “Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation” by Steven Johnson All of us live inside our own private versions of the adjacent possible. In our work lives, in our creative pursuits, in the organizations that employ us, in the communities we inhabit – in all these different environments, we are surrounded

From “Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner” by Frederick Buechner Pushing down hard with his fists on the table-top, he heaved himself up to where he was standing. For the first time we saw he wanted one leg. It was gone from the knee joint down. He was hopping sideways to reach

From “The Discipline of Inspiration: The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity” by Carey Wallace Even when we don’t have much talent or technique, inspiration, on its own, can provoke strange and beautiful pieces.  But inspiration doesn’t just speak in narrow categories of art. It speaks to all os us, in all

From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Consider another example, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in the U.S. in response to the Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate scandals. While it appears that Sarbanes-Oxley may be having a positive effect in improving or at least sustaining trust

From “Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust” by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith In researching how we wanted to talk about trust agents and how we would impart the information to you, we’ve defined six overarching but interrelated behaviors that describe what a trust agent is. We realized

From “Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment” by J. Brent Bill Living into an increasing understanding of God’s ever-presence is how we can pray along with Thomas Merton: My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where

From “On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old” by Parker J. Palmer Take on big jobs worth doing, jobs like the spread of love, peace, and justice. That means refusing to be seduced by our cultural obsession with being effective as measured by short-term results. We all want our work to make