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Wholeness: Thoughts and Actions

Wholeness: Thoughts and Actions
 Have you ever waxed so eloquently on something, and while standing amazed at your passionate overflow, you're arrested by the question “who just said that?”  It's a pretty common thing as many of us often speak passionately about a cause, an ideal or injustice only to discover that while we spoke well of it, in our…
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Re-starting after a Vacation

Re-starting after a Vacation
The Labour Day weekend signals the transition from the summer / vacation mindset and serves as the clarion call to return to the office / school and the often maddening pace with programs, activities and new projects beginning!  If you are like me, cranking it up after a long break can be a bit of…
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The Cross, Victory and the Non-Violent God

The Cross, Victory and the Non-Violent God
Worldview runs silently in the background of our consciousness, filtering and shaping the way we interpret the world around us.  It is from these interpretations that our worldview shapes our reactions to people and situations.  It is really important that we realize that we are not as objective as we sometimes think we are and…
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In the Light of Common Grace

In the Light of Common Grace
As a couple who try our best to live and make everyday decisions according to a personal life rule to live simply and tread lightly upon the earth, my wife and I don’t often do a lot of shopping for things that aren’t necessities. When we do shop however, we prefer to avoid the hustle…
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Surviving Betrayal

Surviving Betrayal
“It was like I couldn’t breathe. Like I was punched in the stomach and couldn’t get a breath” she said with hands clenching the arms of the chair while speaking of learning of her husband's affair. There are few people who have escaped the pain of betrayal. It is a terribly common experience but none…
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I Smell Like Sheep Poop: Spirituality of Work

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…
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Treasures & Pearls

Treasures & Pearls
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…
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Learning to Listen

Learning to Listen
I was astonished to learn that we only retain 25% of the things we hear.  Not only does this further illumine the need for a variety of forms of communication - it also brings to light the need to cultivate effective listening.  Julian Treasure* suggests that listening is very important for many reasons, primarily because…
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Inspiring Leaders

Inspiring Leaders
Today's effective, healthy leaders understand that those they lead are not a commodity to be consumed.  No longer a product to be bought and used to serve the grand vision of the leader.  More people are seeking significance from their work.  Where in generations past employees have been content to contort for the sake of…
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Active Listening

Active Listening
We were having dinner a while ago - going around the table and hearing about each person's day. As a person was sharing something that was particularly exciting, the familiar "voice mail received" rudely interrupted and without a second thought, the message was tended to. This was disturbing as we realized that this little intrusion…
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