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March 2019

March 14, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Being Contemplative in the City

Being Contemplative in the City Some of us believe it is impossible to be contemplative...

March 07, 2019

Monastic Strategies: The Next Day and the Day After That

The Next Day and the Day After That Yesterday was Ash Wednesday, the first day...

February 2019

February 27, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Watching Movies With Monks

Watching Movies With Monks I live in a place where movies are big business, where...

February 14, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Living Into the Burning Fire of Love

The Burning Fire of Love Love means different things to different people. Some of us...

February 07, 2019

Monastic Strategies: When We Feel Like Turning Back

When We Feel Like Turning Back There are times when it seems like we have...

January 2019

January 31, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Recognizing Gifts of Hospitality

Recognizing Gifts of Hospitality Chapter 53 of Benedict's Rule sets a challenging standard for monastic...

January 24, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Expressing Our Lives in Words

Expressing Our Lives in Words Many of us have two distinct images of monks and...

January 17, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Are We Vocationally Challenged?

What Are Our Vocational Challenges? Many of us struggle with vocational challenges. We live in...

January 10, 2019

Monastic Strategies: Just One More Step Each Day

Just One More Step Each Day We began the year with the best intentions. Choosing...

December 2018

December 13, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: How Much Further Can We Go?

How Much Further Can We Go? There are days, sometimes weeks, when we wonder how...

August 2018

August 30, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: When We Start to Feel a Little Lost

When We Start to Feel a Little Lost I like to have the sense I...

August 02, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: How Do We Find Time for Thinking?

How Do We Find Time for Thinking? We live our lives at the speed of...

July 2018

July 05, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: We Follow Leaders Who Inspire Us

We Follow Leaders Who Inspire Us Leadership is not a skill we can learn by...

June 2018

June 28, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: What Do Real Leaders Actually Do?

What Do Real Leaders Actually Do? I have worked in places where we began to...

June 21, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: What I Am Doing on My Summer Vocation

My Summer Vocation Today is the first day of summer in my hemisphere, the day...

June 07, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Who Inspires You To Become a Leader?

Who Inspires You to Become a Leader? I know a lot of leaders, and each...

May 2018

May 31, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: An Introduction to Monastic Leadership

An Introduction to Monastic Leadership Monastic leadership grows from a unique set of assumptions and...

May 03, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Balancing Contemplation and Action

Balancing Contemplation and Action One of the challenges of contemplative leadership is balancing contemplation and...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Is It Possible to Be a Contemplative Leader?

Is It Possible to Be a Contemplative Leader? The monks I know teach me about...

April 12, 2018

Reading Like a Monk: Lectio Divina and Sacred Pilgrim

Lectio Divina and Sacred Pilgrim I listen to the Sacred Pilgrim podcast five days a...

April 05, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: The Value of Handcrafted Leadership

The Value of Handcrafted Leadership Some people have questions when they hear me talk about...

March 2018

March 22, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Living Like a Monk in the Real World

Living Like a Monk in the Real World One question people ask me fairly often...

March 08, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Strategic Planning for Monastic Life

Strategic Planning for Everyday Life I appreciate having a good plan. After all, I tend...

February 2018

February 22, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Looking Into The Faces We See Every Day

Looking Into The Faces We See Every Day We are surrounded by other people's...

February 08, 2018

Reading Like a Monk: Lectio Divina & Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Sacred Texts One of the first contemplative practices I learned from monastic life is lectio...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Carrying the Weight of Responsibility

Carrying the Weight of Responsibility Leaders have a lot of responsibilities. We may not want to...

January 18, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: What We Gain When We Lose

What We Gain When We Lose Is it even possible? How can we gain when...

January 11, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Embracing Our Own Imperfection

Embracing Our Own Imperfection Andrea Sanchez's hourlong #DareToBe conversation on Tuesday got me thinking. Our conversation...

January 04, 2018

Leading Like a Monk: Starting From a Strong Foundation

Starting From a Strong Foundation It is the first week of the year. Some of us...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

Looking Back: 12 Questions For Deeper Reflection From 2017

Questions For Deeper Reflection It can be helpful to look back over the past twelve...