Different day. Different shoes. Different socks. Same gravel. Same grass. Same path. Different place. I intentionally chose to do more than just quiet hellos or nods of acknowledgment as I passed people today – I think a few people were freaked out by the greetings […]
All posts tagged: Conversations
Gratitude 05 – Conversations
So, this was a day late, but tis life sometimes. My gratitude for yesterday was about conversations that wrapped up my week – one over lunch in a coffee shop (hence the picture), and then two others that were in my office. One with two […]
Coversation #10 – When do I experience sacred?
I find it interesting that this question is “…sacred” and not “…the sacred.” I have often heard the words “the sacred” used to talk about a way of experiencing God as person, force, object, etc. Without the definite article, it does bring in a new […]
Conversation #9 – When Have I Experienced Working for the Common Good?
So, its taken a bit longer, but I’m going to try to wrap up these 10 conversations…Two left to go. As I started to think about this question, I thought of a survey that made its way around the internet a few weeks back about […]
Conversation #8 – What is my unique contribution to the whole?
Talk about a hard question to answer…the others to this point have been ones that could be more at a distance – reflections upon more external issues, but with some measure of an internal. This one is more focused on me and the ways that […]
Conversation #7 – What is the Relationship I Want With the Earth?
What is the relationship I want with the earth? Definitely not something like this. The stories of the oil slick in the gulf are heartbreaking about the impact that is already being felt, what is predicted to be, and how long the Gulf and the […]
Conversation #6 – Am I willing to reclaim time to think?
This is the 6th in my series of posts answering the questions from Margaret Wheatley’s book, Turning to One Another. By following this link, you can see my thoughts on the first five questions. After this one, there are four other questions still to tackle… […]
Conversation #4 – What am I willing to notice in my world?
Onto question #4 – What am I willing to notice in my world? There is a phrase often used in pastoral care, counseling, etc – active listening. Its a practice of seeking to be conscious of the listening process in a caring relationship. It seeks […]
Conversation #3 – What do I believe about others?
This is the third in a series of posts I am doing responding to Margaret Wheatley’s questions in her book, Turning to One Another. You can read my comments on the book as a whole here, and my responses to questions 1 and 2, here […]
Conversation #2 – What is my faith in the future?
Word of warning…this is going to be somewhat rambling and probably not well-proofed. Its about 1030pm on a Saturday night prior to a Sunday where I am preaching about sin. Yes, I should probably be in bed, but this question has been bouncing around in […]
Conversation #1 – Do I feel a vocation to be fully human?
As noted in my last post, I am going to try to work through the ten conversation questions that Wheatley poses beginning with the first, and also the most vexing of her questions. The rest, while excellent and thorough questions, each seem far more straightforward […]
Turning to One Another: A review
I am in one of my book manic modes. I go in cycles of reading. Some times I read a ton, some times I feel like it has been a year since I opened one. Well, I am in one of those where I can’t […]
