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2014-07-29T04:40:19-08:00

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Leadership is Like Ice Cream

Last updated on: July 29, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

I have had a passion for ice cream my entire life. As a proud son of America’s Dairyland, I have eaten ice cream longer than I can remember. I went to school at the home of the best ice cream in the world, in Babcock Hall, at the University of Wisconsin. Ice cream is very personal. People have their preferred flavors and textures. They may be willing to try something new, but they go back to what makes them feel... Read more

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2014-07-26T04:40:21-08:00

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Spiritual Life is Beyond Words

Last updated on: July 26, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

The deep, clear truths of spiritual life are beyond words. We try to use words to express them, describe them, understand them, control them, but we fail. Words are not able to quantify or communicate the spiritual life within us and all around us. Only silence can come close. Our efforts to talk or to write about spiritual life inevitably fall short. The writing and the talking, the listening and the reading, are not about getting it right. All of... Read more

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2014-07-24T04:40:26-08:00

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Working at Our Own Speed

Last updated on: July 24, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

There are days when I love to catch a strong breeze and go skimming across the surface of work. Sunny and warm, work is smooth sailing. Ideas arrive exactly when I need them and people take what I say to heart. My sail is set well, the tiller rests easily in my hand. Work is a pleasure. I could stay out working until the sun sets. There are other days when the wind is stronger and the water is choppy.... Read more

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2014-07-22T04:40:41-08:00

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Leadership Reveals Deeper Truths

Last updated on: July 22, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

I used to believe that leaders were people who told us what to do. When I knew enough of the right answers, then I could be a leader, too. I have learned that leaders are not people who fill us with accurate responses to questions. They do not deposit what they have learned into us to earn interest from future generations. Leaders are about bringing out what is best in us, not pumping more things into us. They carefully help us peel back... Read more

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2014-07-19T04:40:29-08:00

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Telling the Stories of Our Spiritual Lives

Last updated on: July 19, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

The story of your spiritual life may begin, “Once upon a time,” or “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away.” Your spiritual life story may be full of detailed information and specific dates. You may not even remember when it started, or a time before it began. You may not be certain that your spiritual life story has begun, even now. When I work with someone as a spiritual life mentor, we usually begin by telling our stories. I... Read more

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2014-07-17T04:40:26-08:00

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Working to Catch Up

Last updated on: July 17, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

There are days when it feels like it is just too much work to catch up. There are new things to learn, and learn how to use, that are going to make my life amazingly better. There are new deadlines to meet, new challenges to face, new obstacles to overcome. There are new apps I am not using, new books I am not reading, new relationships I am not building. How did all this work pile up when I was not looking? I... Read more

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2014-07-15T04:40:00-08:00

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Leadership is Like Fingerprints

Last updated on: July 15, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

Almost anyone who has read a detective story or watched any television program knows the power of fingerprints. Fingerprints are powerful and reliable clues because of two primary qualities. Our fingerprints are unique. Each person has a different set of fingerprints. Even identical twins can be distinguished through their fingerprints. We leave fingerprints inadvertently. We leave our fingerprints on whatever we touch. They are recovered more easily and clearly on some surfaces than others, but we always leave them. We each... Read more

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Leadership

2014-07-12T04:40:18-08:00

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Feeding the Fire of Spiritual Life

Last updated on: July 12, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

How do you feed the fire of spiritual life? At times, spiritual life almost roars through me. Its energy melts away what is not important. The flame of spiritual life purifies what I think, how I feel, what I want. It is beyond my control. The power of spiritual life works sacred changes in me. There are other times when it feels like the fire of spiritual life in me is almost out. It is smoky. It does not give... Read more

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Spiritual Practices

2014-07-10T04:40:07-08:00

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Benedictine Work

Last updated on: July 10, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

I am an oblate connected to a Benedictine monastery. An oblate is a lay person who makes a commitment to particular way of monastic life. I do not live at the monastery, though I spend several days there each year. The monks at the monastery where I am connected are Benedictine monks. They are called Benedictine because they follow a rule of life written by Benedict. Benedict was born around 480 in central Italy and educated in Rome. He chose a life... Read more

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2014-07-08T04:40:12-08:00

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Leadership is Not a Contest

Last updated on: July 8, 2014 at 4:40 am By Greg Richardson

I live in a culture that makes everything a contest. We take metaphors from sports and try to apply them to every activity of life. We live in a time when the language of athletics has become abbreviations to describe how we live. We have created a culture in which a Hail, Mary has become a football play. We turn designing, baking, singing, cooking, fixing household problems, dancing, running a business into contests. We watch stories about crime and justice,... Read more

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