“We can only heal what we love. We can only love what we know. We can only know what we touch.” –Sam Keen How high-touch are you? Are you close enough to people’s lives to hear their deepest heart longings and see their real needs? Only then can we love people well, and offer ourselves […]
“We hear with our hearts, or not at all, and not unless we are willing to be enchanted, inspirited, encouraged, and engaged.” –Sam Keen How willing are you to go to new levels of engagement/learning/existing vs. staying where you are at? Listen with your heart more and your mind less.
personal-vision-statement.doc Here is my personal vision statement, a picture of the future where I want to be, what I want to be remembered for.
lessons-on-the-trail.doc While hiking with team members/friends in Montana 18 months ago, God gave me some life lessons along the way.
“How large and generous we may become depends on the size of the Other we take into ourselves.” –Sam Keen Once we come to grips that life isn’t all about ME, we can decide with what we want to fill our lives. Personally, I believe that Jesus Christ is the “Other” Who can become our […]
“Will automatically follows vision…The genius of Christianity is that it interconnects the heart, the will, the divine spirit, and links virtue to surrender. The lesson of Gethsemane is that a man is most virile not when he insists upon his autonomous will, but when he harmonizes his will with the will of God.” –Sam Keen […]
“A man is only a man when he measures himself against something more universal than the morality of his time.” –Sam Keene Man (or woman), what is your measuring stick for who you are and what you want to become? To utilize a quote from Nazi Holocaust survivor Corrie tenBoom (my words in quotes), “If […]
“The playful child and the wise old man live side by side in the psyche. Impose the tyranny of seriousness and both will die.” —Sam Keen Losing one’s sense of humor is a terrible loss. When we get into business mode on all fronts of our lives, we forget to laugh, relish life, tease those […]
bldg-financial-savvy-in-your-kids.doc This article gives parents practical tips about allowances, giving children responsibility for money decisions, and more….
8-confidence-builders.doc This article helps a shy child overcome some obstacle through practical parenting leadership.
