Category: Ideas
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Gathering Around a #Hashtag
I heard someone talk about this idea. He had started a hashtag – mainly as a snarky remark – and a million tweets later, he realized that he had tapped into something deeper than he had originally intended. We long to belong. I’ve written about how we need to belong.…
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Setting up Boundaries
I was thinking through boundaries today. I have read books on them. I have heard people talk about them. Most of the time, I hear about it in the context of boundaries in a vacuum – meaning – setting up boundaries ahead of time and far away from this magical…
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More Grace
As a teacher and eternal student, I have been in a context where it’s all about more knowledge, more information, more research – just more data. Well, I guess it’s also getting A’s and more advance degrees. It’s built into my life. I have a doctorate in education. It’s my…
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Teaching Without Talking
I am a teacher. Well, I am a teacher by trade, but it is also what I am – even if I didn’t do it as a profession. I was thinking about this today – but as I teacher, I do most of my teaching by talking. I teach. I…
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Differentiated Self
Differentiation of self refers to one’s ability to separate one’s own intellectual and emotional functioning from that of the family. At least that’s what wikipedia says when describing Bowen’s theory of family systems. It has to do with becoming more and more your “self.” Those that have not differentiated themselves and haven’t established an identity…
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Talking About Yourself
…….is always so difficult. Unless of course you’ve thought about who you are. If you know yourself, it’s not that difficult to talk about yourself. If you know how perfect you really aren’t, it’s definitely much easier to talk about yourself – because you know who you are. It’s difficult…
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The William Shatner Voice
Have you ever heard anyone do the William Shatner voice – without even knowing it? I guess it’s how people talk when they are trying to make a point. They do that dramatic pause that Shatner does. It works for Shatner. As you’re reading this, you’re saying some lines in…
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The Wisdom of the Hairs on the Back of your Neck
You know what I’m talking about. They are some of the smartest parts of your whole body. When you are walking down the street – and you happen to see a alley – the Hairs on the Back of your Neck will tell you to not go down that alley.…
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One Way Friendships
I have lots of “friends.” I actually have lots of friends in real life. It works for my personality. I do have lots of friends online – hundreds. Inherent in online relationships is this idea of One Way Friendships. It has to do with those “friends” that you follow and…
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Second Screen in Church
I was sitting in church today. It’s not a huge church, but I couldn’t believe how many people brought their Second Screen to church. Not only did we have the verses on the screen as we listened to Pastor, there were many screens out. I had never seen the Kindle…
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Knowing Your Heart
Ok. I’m not thinking about the feelings and emotional part of the heart. I went on a mtn. bike ride with my good friend Bill. He wears a heart monitor when he goes on a ride. He keeps an eye on his heart rate as he rides up the mountain.…
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