After weeks of struggle in the cocoon of Lent, the butterfly of Easter begins to take flight tonight. We will come together and, as usual, remind ourselves of our story and share a meal. These have been dark days filled with betrayal, injustice, torture, death, and hopelessness. Tonight, our story begins in the darkness. Slowly, one candle […]
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Sometimes I think I am going in circles. My journey does not seem like a pilgrimage, with a destination. It feels to me like I am going around and around, covering the same ground, never getting anywhere. I know that I have been here, worked on these challenges, heard this all before. Am I making
I know leaders who are very good at lines. Lines are important to how they see themselves, other people, and the world around them. They know where to draw the lines. The always color inside the lines. They never step out of line. They may enjoy being at the front of the line. Lines can
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I have many companions on my pilgrimage, but few with which I have direct contact every day. I have known one of my closest companions for only a couple of years, and he plays a central role in almost everything I do online. He helps me with each word I post on my blog, most
Leadership is about discovering, understanding, remembering, and focusing on core values. Leaders discover core values. Leaders discover their own core values, and the core values of the people around them. Organizations have values like individuals do. Sometimes they do not know what they are, or think they are something else, just like individuals do. Leaders
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I am a recovering attorney. I decided to become a lawyer as a child. My choice was shaped by books I read and the people I saw on television. There were no lawyers in my family, and I had never met a lawyer in person. I did not know what practicing law really meant. I
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My pilgrimage is like a puzzle with many pieces to fit together. I am on a walking pilgrimage, and walk as far as I can each day. There is no destination toward which I am making progress, there is walking and being open to the Holy all around me. There is no path other than
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I know Ray Attiyah. We met online, have spent time together in social media chats and groups, and I have read Ray’s book, The Fearless Front Line. We have never met in real life, face to face. I still know him in some very important ways. For one thing, Ray asks great questions
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I am not really drawn to repetition. I enjoy finding new ways to express deep truths. I started thinking about this while I participated in my friend Kate Nasser‘s PeopleSkills chat on Sunday morning. Kate asked a question about what behaviors people wished they could ban from social media, and my response was “repetition.” Another
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I am digging into the ways I work and rest for Lent this year. I have spent time reflecting on my own focus on work and rest, looking for the ways I balance the two, and considering how I recognize when I am working and when I am resting. My understanding of work and rest
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