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Mar 1, 2012
Getting to the Other Side: The Perfect Storm of Business
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I remember my first year in business. It was a perfect storm in the making: electrifyingly interesting, beautiful even, and equally terrifying. I had no clue what I was doing, and I felt... Read More + |
Feb 9, 2012
Start-Up Lessons: Raising the Bar
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The space could easily be mistaken for an expansive art studio. The floors are old sleeper beams. The sash windows creak and need a stiff jolt to open. The red brick walls mixed in with stark... Read More + |
Nov 17, 2011
Good Work: Born Inside or Out?
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I walked into the classroom. No books on the shelves. Linoleum floor, cracked. No area rugs. Crayons, paper, glue, scissors, blocks? Nope. Well, at least there were desks and a blackboard. The... Read More + |
Oct 26, 2011
Memo to the Boss: Mindfulness on the Job
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Today we continue our discussion of Ellen J. Langer’s book Mindfulness with chapter eight: Mindfulness on the Job. Mindfulness is a valuable resource in the workplace, Langer tells... Read More + |
Oct 20, 2011
It's Not Exactly What Happened: L.L. Barkat on Writing
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In August, Managing Editor L.L. Barkat published Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing. It is extraordinary, and not the usual book you find about writing. It is filled with sound... Read More + |
Oct 17, 2011
Book Club: Mindfulness and Creativity
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I need to prepare a sermon for a class on preaching I’m taking so I go to the grocery and buy some red beans. I am craving red beans and rice—some New Orleans comfort food—and I want it now, so... Read More + |
Oct 13, 2011
Permission to Wake Up Your Soul
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I spent several days last week surrounded by writers, artists, musicians and poets. It was the Writer’s Retreat at Laity Lodge, in Texas, my second year attending. This is a stark contrast... Read More + |
Sep 27, 2011
Do You Feel Broken And Fragmented?
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Sometimes we can feel torn in two. Rent right down the middle, trying to decide how to stretch ourselves between those things we've categorized as either sacred or secular. But what if those... Read More + |
Apr 15, 2011
Community Post: How to Make Space for Good Thinking
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"As one who speaks and writes regularly, I find it critical to find space to think and create. When I am not doing this, I see and feel the difference," says network-member and pastor Jim... Read More + |
Apr 7, 2011
Creativity: Crafting Beautiful Things
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At Domestic Serenity, Daniele writes beautifully about the honorable pursuit of creativity. Read More + |
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Add to the Beauty
During the past several days, I have been reflecting on various implications of a passage in Ezekiel 41 in which God reveals his plans for beautiful decorations of the temple in Jerusalem. I began... Read More +
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