"Let my expressions of love always surpass my pursuit of knowledge."...
What does it mean to be here? To me, being here is about a quality of presence. It’s about honoring the person, space, or activity in front of me. Sure it begins with attendance—putting your physical body in a locale. For me, it ends with generosity. One cannot truly be here (as I mean it) if they...
Each week, I review all ten of my BE Words (my core values) and choose one to focus on practicing. Usually I cycle through my list of words in order. The past two weeks were different. I’m finding myself camping out on the word Discipline. Week one I improved my discipline in the practice of tracking...
Maybe the most difficult responsibility each of us must navigate is that of clearly defining our definition of what is most important. Of equal importance (and perhaps equal difficulty) is the task of guarding that priority in a world that has a vested interest in making us forget it. This dilemma is why one of my...
My book club is one of the most rejuvenating and inspiring relational environments my life. This group of encouraging and thoughtful individuals meets on a weekly basis to discuss the ideas and application we draw out of the literature we decide to read. The club agreed to act as my beta reader group for my upcoming...
This is my word of the year: Engage. And this is a journal entry. Public or not, I’m not going to let these entries become too formal. I’m approaching this entry coming straight out of morning pages—three pages of uninterrupted, stream-of-consciousness style writing. I’m going to keep that same energy but attempt to make it a little...
“If you listen, instead, without premature judgment, people will generally tell you everything they are thinking—and with very little deceit. People will tell you the most amazing, absurd, interesting things. Very few of your conversations will be boring.” - Jordan Peterson Here’s the best podcast you’ll ever experience. Ready? It’s called...
At the end of last year, I looked at my reading list and realized that the number of books I read was getting close to my age. By the end of November, I ended Will Smith’s memoir— this happens to be most entertaining story and engaging production I’ve heard in audiobook form to date—thus hitting...
Perhaps the most important thing I’ve learned in the past year is the importance of practicing surrendering. More specifically, I mean the active decision to set aside my will—the area where my thoughts, opinions, feelings, and desires can run things— in order to defer to the will of God. How does one know the will of...
The creative process isn’t complete until you deal with your expectations. The Four-Fold Way, which I believe originated with Angeles Arrien’s book of the same name, has proven to be a great framework for me in understanding the creative process. It goes like this...