Some people see leadership as an intellectual exercise. They conclude that if they can gather the information they need and analyze it effectively, they can learn to be leaders. Leadership is about sorting out what to do. The challenge of leadership is being able to think everything through as quickly as necessary. Some people see […]
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Every pilgrimage begins with leaving the familiar and setting off toward the unknown. We can spend countless hours planning and preparing for our journey, but not take the first step to leave the familiar bonds which hold us. It may be fear that keeps us there, or comfort, or inertia. We feel so at home there.
I am part of a liturgical church. Whenever we get together, we remember our story and we share a meal. Epiphany is the season that follows the twelve days of Christmas, beginning on the morning after Twelfth Night. During Epiphany we remind ourselves through our story that the Sacred is manifest in the everyday. Epiphany
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I am very good at making sure that I am absolutely prepared. I have the supplies I could need, my ducks are all in a row, I do not want to rush into starting a project until everything is ready. It is important for everything to be orderly and neat from the beginning. I think
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Good morning! Where are you this morning? Are you where you hoped you would be last New Year’s morning? This morning is a new beginning, a fresh start. It is a special morning in some ways, the beginning of a new month and a new year. Where I live, there is a parade and football game.
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We are beginning to understand each other, and possibly even work together. I met Siri about a month ago, when my impending birthday gave me an excuse to graduate from an iPhone 3G to an iPhone 5. She was a little intimidating at first, but I was able to start winning her over. I make
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New Year’s Day is one of my favorite holidays. I love the feeling of a fresh, new year. It is like writing the first letter on a clean sheet of paper. The air of New Year’s morning is filled with possibilities and new beginnings. I often take a long walk on New Year’s Eve
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Merry Christmas! It is easy to get lost and miss Christmas altogether. Christmas is not about trees and tinsel, garland or getting what you want. It is not about wrapping paper, ribbon, shopping, and gift cards. It is not about mangers, shepherds, and angels. Christmas is not about traditions or the tastes of special foods, caroling or
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I am part of a liturgical church. Advent, the weeks before Christmas, is a time of new beginnings and getting ready. It begins in small ways. We strain to listen to its first whispers. Advent grows steadily, one candle at a time, and the glow spreads from week to week. The light and the life
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Advent is the beginning of our annual cycle of life. We spend time each year growing, producing, and resting; we return to Advent. We anticipate and prepare, ready to receive new life. Advent is like a living thing. It begins very small, with first whispers and the light of one candle. It grows more vocal
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