Tag: formation

  • Seeing Other…..

    Seeing Other…..

    …..is not something that can be easily done. We easily assume that seeing another is something that we can all do, but I don’t think you can necessarily see another until you have an established and mature sense of identity and self. I was working on a writing project –…

  • What You Don’t Know about Social Media

    What You Don’t Know about Social Media

    ……..can really rile you up.  Just go to a presentation about Social Media and you’ll see what I mean. rile (rl) tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/rile I don’t typically focus on writing about social media.  I am more interested in the identity…

  • Been Thinking About This Today

    Been Thinking About This Today

    I was listening to a podcast today and heard a line that I’ve been thinking about all day. The speaker was talking about how he hadn’t been around death in awhile. That caught my attention. There is something so formative about being around death. It helps you to process life.…

  • Sex and Identity

    Have you ever thought about your sexual identity?  I’m not talking about sexual orientation or sexual characteristics.  I am talking about your sexual identity formation.  I have never thought about mine until I started studying it and reading it.  I can’t talk about identity formation without studying sex and identity…

  • Life and Questions

    So how do you handle life and questions?  You like that I started with a question? I was thinking about this today.  I was wondering why is it that when we have questions – that we need answers.  Is it a western mindset?  Is it just an American thing?  Is…

  • The Line Between Leading and Quitting

    I was thinking about leadership and quitting.  I am not sure I have an answer for this one or an opinion.  Do leaders quit?  Do leaders cut bait?  Who decides where the line is?  Do you have an opinion? Leading and having vision of what could be is what leaders…

  • Spiritual Formation and Leadership Development

    Are you involved in Leadership Development – any kind of leadership development?  What is the role of Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Disciplines in Leadership Development?  What do you do?  What tools do you use?  What text do you use?  What theories do you use? I am interested in what you…

  • Identity Science and Art

    As I continue to process through Identity, I face the challenge of many of the social science research that I read.  In my opinion, Social Science research is interested in researching how something works or happens.  They attach numbers to an experience or a feeling and then crunch the numbers…