Nothing Wasted Life Quote:
We tend to want a Christian life with the dull bits cut out. -Tish Harrison Warren, Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices of Ordinary Life
Life has a lot of overlaps with hiking on a trail, including finding things along the way. This is a good idea list (ideas, some fun, quotes, etc.) with some of those discoveries. So in the themes we address on this blog, check out the resources below.* And have a great month!
Extra: Just for Fun
- Melting snowflakes in reverse: The awe of the beauty and intricacy of creation can help us have awe for the Creator. And this does that well. Source
Theology & Spiritual Life
- An interesting video reflection on the great mystery of the Trinity
- Find out how God’s being outside of time impacts how YOU live. Just a little taste:
- God isn’t hindered by the time/space continuum. He doesn’t wear a watch. He doesn’t carry a calendar. He moves freely between past, present and future. For God, it is always now. God is in our present, still in our past, and waiting for us in our future.
Wise Living/Productivity
- 7 BEST Habits to Study More Effectively For the students young or old.
- Writing by hand carries benefits for memory, learning, as well as areas of creativity and productivity.
- Time Management Can Work But In Unexpected Ways, According To New Research An interesting connection and not in the ways we assume. As usual: Life is not always about efficiency or how productive you are. (If you like that topic, try this one too.)
Relationships
- 10 Ideas To Give Your Marriage a Fresh Start
- Grow in how you deal with anger. This explores 6 practical ideas for how to be a good friend when someone’s angry — and 5 tips on how a person struggling with anger can develop a friend to help.
Leadership (self or others)
- Practical direct tips on leading meetings from Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella. Effective meetings are intriguing for the same reason I find relationships and systems interesting. There are just some really good, being self-aware tools here. I found the ones under “Talk Less” with special potential for sharing with others.
- Growing in Negative Emotion Tolerance Offers some practical tools and insights in how to deal with what he describes as his main idea: “Here is the simple premise of this article: if we do not know how to be sad, we will be bad. The inverse of this premise is equally true: if we learn how to be sad in healthy ways, we will dramatically decrease our temptation to be bad.” Wise words.
- 5 Tips for Church Leaders to Help People Suffering From Depression By the nature of leadership there is often opportunity to serve people who are suffering. In my experience, that’s as much in a secular role as in a church one.
*A listing here is not an endorsement of everything from that person or organization.
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