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The Easter Cross, the crash of nails, and the mirrors.
The most powerful Easter experience I ever had was in a liberal/progressive, “welcoming and affirming” American Baptist Church in Wayne, Pennsylvania. It would have been in the spring of 1994 or 1995, I think. In a service before Easter, probably … Continue reading
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Will you block the change you claim to want?
or, “The ultimate guide to how homeostasis works in society.” I’ve been fascinated by the public “gay marriage” debate and, especially, the talk about change. The week before the marriage question came to the Supreme Court in two different cases … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviors, change, current events, discouragement, empathy, thinking
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The path to authenticity
Why hide? Many things can drive us to hide. Anxiety, failure, a lack of ethics. • I worry that I’m not good enough. I discount my talents and hide myself away rather than try. I take the easy road instead … Continue reading
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What Boxing Movies Can Show Us About Adaptive Coaching
Confession: I love boxing movies. And I think I’ve just figured out why. It’s because boxing, while something you can learn how to do through learning technical moves and techniques, is an adaptive activity. You can’t possibly succeed by learning … Continue reading
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Believing what isn’t
I recently went into a “conversation” with someone believing I had something to teach, not something to learn. And in the process I believe I may have crippled the trust that was beginning to build between us. So I’m going … Continue reading
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a Thought Experiment
Let’s play a game. You know that pain? The pain you carry around in your heart, every day, wishing it would one day lift or go away or ease or something? Yeah, that pain. Maybe you experience it as anger. … Continue reading
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Practicing being a non-anxious presence
One of the important things I learned this week is that we all have (and act on) our tolerance for anxiety–both our own and others’. I’ve been practicing being a non-anxious presence, and I’m finding out more and more that … Continue reading
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What is The Art of Developing Meaningful Conversations?
The Leadership Development Committee at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus has asked Amy Watson and a team of co-hosts to create a leadership development program series that uses an emerging and very effective approach known as “The Art of Hosting … Continue reading
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Why Developing Your Empathy Makes Sound Business Sense
I have been studying the construct of empathy this week while, interestingly, a meme has taken off and peaked on Facebook: I consider this an empathy practice because the creator (the “I” in the captions) imagines a topic from the … Continue reading
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Self Doubt: The bad and the good
From 2 to 6: Doubting my inner worth In June 2006, I had to mow the lawn. It may be the only time I’ve actually done that. Rick is almost always on top of that particular task, but this time … Continue reading
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