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I notice that a fairly high percentage of people don't seem to know how to nourish a conversation. By "nourish" I mean using skills that encourage and foster deeper, longer, more interesting exchanges between people. This skill is useful and leads to better interviews, smoother working relationships with others, and long-term friendships with people that... Continue Reading →
Some of the major English dictionaries select a "Word of the Year." The word is selected basically on its frequency of use in the past year. Selfie was the Oxford Dictionary word of the year in 2013, because Oxford research noticed a 17,000% increase in its use since the previous year. So popular the word, people... Continue Reading →
Banting and Best with the first dog ever treated with insulin In 1922, at the University of Toronto, scientists went to a hospital ward with children who were comatose and dying from diabetic keto-acidosis. Imagine a room full of parents sitting at the bedside waiting for the inevitable death of their child. On that day... Continue Reading →
I've been reading The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. It's a handbook that seems, most obviously about developing a life of artistry, but hiding within its lines are secrets about life in general. The book has prompted me to think more seriously about my own life and what I want to accomplish in the future.... Continue Reading →
In 1947, the year I was born, television had been invented and was being used in some U.S. households that could be measured in the thousands. However, by the late 90's, 98% of U.S. homes had at least one television that was one for more than 7 hours per day. Early television was primitive compared... Continue Reading →
At 2801 S. Taylor Street in Little Rock I had a world of wonder at my doorstep, and I don't remember ever telling my mother that I was bored. A huge white boulder in our back yard was a horse or a jeep. A short flight of stairs led up to the attic of our... Continue Reading →
Robert Bellah, with a group of coworkers, wrote a 1985 blockbuster book called Habits of the Heart. This great book is arguably one of the best critiques of modern American society - a quest for a democratic community. William Placher wrote in Narratives of a Vulnerable God, "The interviews that Robert Bellah and his coworkers... Continue Reading →
William C. Placher wrote this in Narratives of a Vulnerable God, page 128. "...we do not live in a society eager to attend to the voices of the oppressed and the marginalized. If we have let the values and assumptions of our society guide us, even in matters of faith, then where will we stand... Continue Reading →
"Alan Street in his book Subversive Meals has shown how the Eucharist is a table that deliberately subverts the exclusionary table of the empire. " From Gift and Task by Walter Brueggemann, page 373. According to Brueggemann, the greedy leaders of the empire don't look out for their "flock" but only for their own interest.... Continue Reading →
In the last blog post, "Enough is enough," we talked about a charitable organization that annually sends millions of shoeboxes filled with trinkets, socks, and candy to Third World children with the claim that it was doing immeasurable good for the recipients. In point of fact, it does far less good that it claims to... Continue Reading →
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