by Michael | Apr 14, 2016 | Faith-Related, Quotes, Reading
I’m posting quotes as we go through the fuzzy zone of being new parents again in these next days. This quote comes from Peter Steinke (A Door Set Open, 12-13): …nonplaces and superabundance. Non-places are spaces designed for anonymity, passing through,...
by Michael | Apr 12, 2016 | Faith-Related, Quotes, Reading
I’m posting quotes as we go through the fuzzy zone of being new parents again in these next days. This quote comes from Parker Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, 48): One sign that I am violating my own nature in the name of nobility is a condition called burnout....
by Michael | Apr 10, 2016 | Clinical Pastoral Education, Faith-Related, Quotes, Reading, Writing
A midwife teacher helps half-baked ideas and perceptions develop in dialogue to fuller maturity. What is important is not to begin with perfected thought, but to encourage creative thinking that is pushing the edges and discovering where novelty becomes possible. A...
by Michael | Apr 8, 2016 | Faith-Related, Miscellaneous, Quotes, Reading
I’m posting quotes as we go through the fuzzy zone of being new parents again in these next days. This quote comes from Howard Thurman (Deep is the Hunger, 97): If I have slandered, I must call it slander; if I have accused falsely, I must call it...
by Michael | Apr 6, 2016 | Quotes, Reading
I’ll be away from writing original content for a couple weeks. We welcomed our new son the other day, and in lieu of posts, I’ll offer a quote of the day. To anticipate that, here is a post by Seth Godin whose good work you can find here. Depth of field...
by Michael | Mar 22, 2016 | Miscellaneous, Reading
I wrote this four years ago and came back to it in my draft folder. The storage unit is not ours anymore since we’ve moved, but the sentiment in this post remains. The other day I spent a few hours rummaging through old things. I went into our basement storage...
