Category Archives: Growing Deeper
Resources for cultivating a life-long journey of a deeply personal relationship with God and more meaningful relationships with others. Rooted deeply in a paradigm of love and acceptance, you continue in your unique Spirit-inspired spiritual / faith journey. Employing the insights of ancient and contemporary thinkers, poets, prophets and sages, you are provided with tools to develop your own unique relationship with God in a way that encourages healthy faith in the day to day of real life. Discovering abundant life and meaning which is consistent with who you were created to be.

I Smell Like Sheep Poop: Spirituality of Work

I got a call from a friend a couple of days ago. He has a small sheep herd of about 100 head and he was needing help sorting them. Some had to go to market. Some had to be tagged and tattooed. And some needed to be culled off for shearing. I love a day…

Rhythms of The Heart - In this edition we explore two familiar Parables. The Parable of the Treasure found in a field and the Pearl of great price (Mt 13:44-). Jesus shares these two stories with his friends to explain a little bit of the Kingdom of God. We examine two facets or two different…

Rhythms of the Heart - In this episode we explore the experience of two fellas walking the Emmaus road about the time of Jesus' death. They share the road with a stranger in which they discuss the crucifixion, death and resurrection of Jesus and what it all could mean. They stop for a meal together…

I appreciate what Rohr has to say in the quote below. I believe it is important that our spirituality, our faith life, is fully grounded in the here and now, in the concrete of our real life. Healthy Christian spirituality brings wholeness - we are created as physical, concrete beings who are also at the…

From my personal blog: LivingLoved-blog.com I find myself continuing to reflect on vulnerability. Earlier this week I asked some friends for their thoughts about what vulnerability is and these are a few of their responses: leaving your emotional/physical/mental well being open to growth as well as pain Dropping your protective walls… leaving oneself open to…

It is true of most human beings - to be loved, to be accepted as they are, and yet nothing is as elusive. To be loved and accepted to the degree requires vulnerability and any one who has risked beyond the superficiality of the masks we use to conceal our true selves knows it can…

The Love Paradigm is like a new set of eye glasses that alter slightly the way we see things. Worldview can be defined as a collection of intellectual, emotional and / or spiritual paradigms that are based upon beliefs about the world, about reality, about truth. These paradigms are like a skeletal system (gives organization…

This video with Jim Martin SJ provides a brief introduction to Ignatian style of prayer called Contemplation. This is a rich, creative and very powerful way to experience God in prayer through the scriptures. Martin describes in very simple terms how we can enter into the stories of the Gospel using our imagination and gain a greater…

(First Game) Daddy… what’s going on? Daddy who are all the faces? I’m not so sure about this Daddy but I’m sure about you. So many children, Daddy. I’ve never played soccer, Daddy. I’m not sure about this Daddy but I am sure about you. So I will stay with you, just for a while.…

Motivating employees can be a challenge! Whether they receive a pay cheque or volunteer, it is important to help your team understand why what they do is important or meaningful. This sense of meaning can go a long way to increasing productivity, improve employee/volunteer retention and loyalty. Adam Grant, a Wharton management professor, demonstrates this…

April 10, 2014
How to Resign from a Job with Grace

The average worker in North America will have an average of 7-10 different jobs in their lifetime. This works out to an average adult changing jobs about every four years. While some of these changes may be due to circumstances beyond our control, there will be those opportunities where you make a deliberate choice to leave one job to take Continue Reading...
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October 10, 2012
The Neighbor’s – Short Story

God will often offend the mind to reveal the heart, and the following is a short story I wrote as an adaptation of the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan. Set in the modern day, I have attempted to re-tell this powerful story in such a way that we can identify with each of the individuals in the story while Continue Reading...
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October 1, 2012
12 Traits of Inspired Leadership

"The authority by which the Christian leader leads is not power but love, not force but example, not coercion but reasoned persuasion. Leaders have power, but power is safe only in the hands of those who humble themselves to serve." - John Stott Inspired Leadership flows from a growing maturity on the part of the leader. Inspiring leaders are dedicated Continue Reading...
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I Smell Like Sheep Poop: Spirituality of Work

Treasures & Pearls

Recognizing Jesus – Walk of Life

Wholeness: Faith in Real Life

Prelude to Deeper Life: Vulnerability

Deeper Life: Vulnerability

Intro to the Love Paradigm

Prayer: Ignation Contemplation

Rikers Song: An Ode to Child-like Faith

Motivating Employees with Meaning

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My Blog – Articles

How to Resign from a Job with Grace

The Neighbor’s – Short Story

12 Traits of Inspired Leadership