Excellence has a shadow side. Maybe you’re already living in it? Being motivated to act with excellence has helped you become successful and advance in your career. BUT the pursuit of excellence can quickly turn into a critical, judgmental monster that takes...
For the past several days I’ve had “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” stuck on repeat in my head. And I do love Advent! All the colored lights and candles to fill the darkness of cold, long winter nights…and the anticipation of it all. AT...
I just saw this cover from Time magazine (again) – maybe you’ve seen it at the checkout line at the grocery store, too? Clearly, this is a best-seller for Time magazine, and it’s now fairly common knowledge that mindfulness is good for us. Like...
Looking for some uplifting and hopeful media to brighten your day! Check out this video created by Leonardo Corrêa, Communications Director from the World Community for Christian Meditation (and my roommate during the New Contemplative Exchange at Snowmass, CO, in...
As kid I remember watching documentary videos about the sit-ins held at the Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, NC, and wondering to myself, “What would I have done if I were alive at that time?” If I am honest the answer is, “I don’t...
Anglican Archbishop and anti-apartheid leader in South Africa Desmond Tutu once noted that “if governments knew the danger of apophatic [or contemplative] prayer they would ban it immediately.” In a similar vein, my wife’s grandfather...
