Insights

I went to lunch this past week with a person I've known for more than 40 years. A successful man, who leads a multiple-staff wealth management office, he, like myself, began of his life without technology being a constant. And artificial…
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What our discomfort in exclusion reveals about us— and how we might respond There’s something about human nature that stirs up this mysterious “fear of missing out.” It’s a process that plays out in our minds, saying more about who we…
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Caregiving takes on a new meaning when we become the ones needing care One year ago in May, I officially retired from a calling I've come to realize I loved. For 53 years, I served as a clinically trained pastor: 13 years in the…
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Perhaps how we connect to the world has more to do with how we connect to ourselves Thirty years ago, I stumbled across the book Care of the Soul by Thomas Moore. I was so captivated by what I was reading that I wanted to speak with the…
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After decades in pastoral care, I thought I had the answers. Turns out I had a lot to learn. One year ago, in my first column with Cityview,I wrote that when I know something, I know half and when I am absolutely sure I know, I know…
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Trips abroad provide insight into how we listen and learn from one another There is a country in South West Africa that taught me something about Knoxville, Tennessee. That country is Namibia, one of the poorest, most arid countries in…
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Is our anxiety pulling us away, or can we lean into it to connect? Rabbi and family therapist Edwin Friedman once wrote, "A major criterion for judging the anxiety level of any society is the class of its capacity to be playful.” The…
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How much of how we learn is based on who we are and how we grew up? What is it about "human nature" that it seeks so emotionally to know the facts? As if having all the facts means I will have all the answers.  The world we live in…
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Questioning our overreliance on data in the age of information overload There is a notion floating around us each day that if I have enough information (data) about myself, the world, the planet, then I will know what to do.  The…
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The balancing act between our rational thoughts and our intrinsic emotions is a difficult one No one reading this needs to be told that we are living in an anxious time. Communication seems to be filled with more “noise” than messages.…
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