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Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
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Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More

Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
Read More

Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More

Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
Read More

Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More

Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
Read More

Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More

Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
Read More

Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More

Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
Read More

Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More

Telling the Sacred Story, Part 2

This is part 2 of my personal exercise with sacred story, using the story of Jacob from the book of Genesis.  To read part 1, click here. I have one more way that my life resonates with the story of Jacob, one that tells the story of something that is not yet for me complete. And that story is in Gen 32:22-32, the famous overnight wrestling match. Interpreters disagree – was Jacob wrestling with God, or an Angel, or with himself or...? The text is not specific, leaving those of us reading the story some 2000 years later plenty of room for creative interpretation. That is not really the part…
Read More

Why do I talk about subversiveness all the time?

If you follow me on Twitter of Facebook or Instagram, you might, from time to time, see me share something inspirational that I've read or seen, with a comment such as "Have  a subversive Saturday," or "Truth and subversiveness, all in one package."  I must admit, I have an intense obsession with the idea of subversiveness, and, as it naturally follows, with the use of the word subversive. This focus began in the early days of my training in spiritual companionship.  Maybe you know how it goes -- you've been asked to read a book to prepare for a class or a meeting, and there is this one phrase, a phrase that…
Read More

Christmas 12: The Work Goes On

And with that, we come to the end of our 12 day journey together.  And at last, we tackle the title of Bruce Epperly's collection of reflections that have guided us.  Today, we consider our benediction. There was a plan to these days of words -- it was the plan of preparation.  Together, we have thought about the qualities of Christmas, like joy and wonder, and love.  Together, we have looked at what it means to let Christmas be something alive in us, not just a day or even a season.  And together, we have thought about the many obstacles in the way of living a Christmas-fueled life. Today, in…
Read More

Christmas 8: Every Day is Christmas

I'll be honest -- it becomes more and more difficult to hold the Christmas thread as the days between December 25 and today grow in number. And even harder when the world around you is shouting "Happy New Year!" and preparing to go back to their routines of work and whatever tomorrow morning.  I suppose this is where the concept of the great both/and comes into play -- for today is indeed still Christmas and it is also the first day of a brand, spanking-new calendar year.  So, Happy New Year, and again, Merry Christmas. I am not surprised that Bruce Epperly captures this tension in his reflection today in The…
Read More

Christmas 7: Wounds into Windows

We are halfway along our journey through the 12 days of Christmas with theologians Bruce Epperly and Howard Thurman.  Or, if you prefer, we are on the "seven swans a-swimming" verse of the old song.  It is also, for many of us, New Year's Eve, that time when we kiss (or kick) the old year into history and welcome our perception of a new slate of living, where we will be more responsible, more fit, thinner, and all-around-better-off. So I am not surprised to find that Epperly has chosen a passage for reflection that reminds us of the every day things in the story we are telling, in particular, the…
Read More

Telling the sacred story, Part 1

This is the first of a series that began as an exercise -- a training exercise for those pursuing a call to spiritual companioning (or, as it is often called, spiritual direction).  Living into the charism of a listening ministry requires of all of us that we pursue, each and every day, the continued path of our own spiritual formation.  My telling of my own sacred story is a result of just that formation project and the kind of ongoing work that I do.  I heard wise words this morning, from the Rev. Michele H. Morgan at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.  She was talking about the Gospel text of the…
Read More

Your brain is social…

As Paul Costello, President and Founder of the New Story Leadership project, looked out at the crowd last night in Baxter Hall, he said to all of us assembled there, “Stories can imprison, or stories can empower.” And for the next two hours, we sat and listened to the 2017 fellows of NLS, five 20-somethings from Palestine, 5 from Israel, as they told us their stories – what brought them there, their struggles, their triumphs, their memories, their hopes and dreams for the future.  They told us about a world and a life that we only read about; they were brave and confident and, dare I say, filled with just…
Read More