Critical First Step
A critical first step in finding our most powerful question is examining our life story and narrative, identifying themes and patterns. Among these is what I call our “apriori” theme. […]
Easter Greetings!
Easter Greetings! He is risen, Alleluia! Alleluia! In a recent workshop we focused on the themes that emerge in our life story and narrative (Narrative is the story we tell […]
Finding Your Powerful Question Within Your Spiritual Gifts Workshop
This past weekend, Joe Hilke and John Olesnavage conducted a workshop for the United Methodists NE District, Circuit 12, in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. The workshop was titled, “Finding Your Powerful […]
Relationships
The proof that we exist is that we have relationships. How many of us are trying to exist without relationships, especially without a relationship with God who brought us into […]
Ukraine
It is hard to think about anything else this week except what is going on in Ukraine. I do hear more insistent questions being asked than ever before; questions like, […]
Developing Our Identity
Psychologists tell us that we begin developing an identity when we begin seeing our life as a story. Purposeful living requires that we examine that story through the lens of […]
God Give Us Talents
God gives us talents, gifts and graces, but they do not come with an instruction manual. How can we know that we are using them for the purpose God intended? […]