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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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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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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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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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Experiencing Change and Transformation

Experiencing Change and Transformation
Change seems to a part of life, and anyone who is experiencing change can attest it is not always easy.  I was surprised to learn the trauma to us psychologically from a planned change can be as challenging as an unplanned one!   Change, planned or otherwise, may involve a deliberate choice or often we…
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Humility in a Status Chasing World

Somewhere during my formative years I came to believe that humility was the rejection of the reality that some things I did, I did well.  To accept any praise or even to share a strength or a talent was considered boastful and full of pride.  As such, I grew up feeling just as bad about…
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Prelude to Deeper Life: Vulnerability

Prelude to Deeper Life: Vulnerability
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…
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Deeper Life: Vulnerability

Deeper Life: Vulnerability
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…
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