Creating a sustainable, life-giving Rhythm of Life & Leadership is only possible if you treat it as a living, moving, adaptable way of being. That means having a regular rhythm of reviewing, revising, and recommitting. While I always hope to do some kind of review regularly, I confess I hope…
So many people are talking about the Enneagram these days, which may excite you or repulse you. You may be in a place where you are discovering, obsessing, reading everything you can, listening to all the podcasts, googling all the memes. Or, you may be suspicious, groaning when your friend…
Abbie’s Experience of the Rhythm of Life Creation Process Creating a Rhythm of Life & Leadership is something that is unique to everyone. While there is a specific framework and reflections / practices that everyone works through – the impact and experience of the journey is always different. Abbie went…
The book of Jonah is full of satire and surprise. It feels familiar because it is a go-to Bible story for kids and cartoons. However, we might miss how Jonah is a kind of parable with a plot twist that is meant to challenge our ways of thinking and acting…
Last year I took time off after a significant season of loss. I got in my car with my dog and camping gear and headed south along the coast with the intention of spending time with good friends as part of the journey. There were a lot of wonderful things…
Cal Fussman (Big Questions podcast) interviews Simon Sinek about his latest book The Infinite Game. What is so great about this interview is that Sinek gives us a personal glimpse into his own process and rhythm for writing each of his books — and how it was different each time.…
This is a tool that I keep returning to and as I share it with others, they keep saying it adds a lot of value and is helpful. It’s what I call my Vocational Matrix. You can jump to the end of this post for the quick how to or…
I moved 6 times over the last 10 months. My things were in storage for most of that time. A few months I was able to unpack a lot of items, but it was only temporary. When I moved into my current home, I noticed something strange for me: I…
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Date Read: Fall 2007; Revisited: Regularly. How Strongly I Recommend It: 8/10 Didion is a great writer and this is a personal memoir about grief and losing her husband. It’s a book where timing is important. You have to be open and…
What stuck out was all the 8s. 8 days in hospice. Dying on 8/8/18. Standing hearing the nurse pronounce “time of death 6:38.” Noting to myself 6:38 EST. 3:38 PST. Knowing mom would have turned 78. I was a few days away from turning 38. It’s what happens in death…
Prayers We Keep Praying: How Long? It’s been 251 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2019 so far… Lord, “We don’t know what we should pray.” We “wait breathless”, we feel weak and frustrated at all the suffering — and don’t know how to give expression to our inner groaning. [1] Lord we…
Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown Date Read: 2016; Revisited: March 2019. How strongly I recommend it: 9/10 I love getting caught up in a good story, especially when it is true. And this one…
If you want to know one practice you can use anywhere and is free, simple, and powerful – Box Breathing is it. This is the practice I use most and share most with others. It is foundational and transformational. Intentional breath practice is a way to calm your body and…
We all have a Rhythm of Life that we follow whether we are aware of it or not. Think about the things that make up your day to day. Look at what fills your calendar and you will start to see the shape of your Rhythm. From how you wake up…
I believe people are designed to flourish and move to a rhythm of life that is good. It’s about you as an individual AND it is about the world around you. Rhythms of Life & Leadership are how we participate in God’s healing and wholeness for people, communities, systems, workplaces, neighborhoods—all of creation.
