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Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." (Is.30:21)
Browsing All Posts published on »November, 2010«
Issues Facing Parents of Teens
I had the privilege of being on a panel for parents of TKA today, and I took copious notes from my co-panelists, as they were brilliant! While I hope that my contributions were of help, I am sincerely positive that their contributions were invaluable. It was a blessing to learn from them. In addition, I understand that […]
Stress: Portrait of a Killer | Notes & Review
November 21, 2010
http://www.pbs.org/stress/. http://www.amazon.com/National-Geographic-Stress-Portrait-Killer/dp/B001D7T460 Available on Instant for Netflix. While stress is a natural response, we humans are unable to turn it off. This keeps us wallowing in a corrosive bath of hormones. After a while, the stress response is more damaging than the actual stressor itself. Hierarchy, a social construct, is a key factor in how […]
The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book | Notes & Review
November 21, 2010
Paul Falcone. The Hiring and Firing Question and Answer Book. Amacom, 2002. The premises we’ve used are simple: Everyone wants to make a positive difference at work. People want to be treated with dignity and respect. People will respond in kind: They will assume responsibility for their actions when they are treated as adults and […]
Why Youth Are Devalued in American Culture
November 20, 2010
I’ve been working with youth in various capacities for about 20 years. Throughout that time, it has baffled me why our culture has neglected to see youth & children of the highest importance and value. After years of this–what I’ll call a “cultural incongruity “–I would like to journal some of the reasons why I […]
Waiting For Superman | Notes & Review
November 20, 2010
Two films on American education are playing this month: Waiting for Superman, and Race To Nowhere. I saw Superman today (Race is not available in our area right now). [UPDATE 2010-12-02: "Race" post.] I sat in a theater with 4 people today to watch Superman. Though it was 4:30pm on a Friday, it was a picture […]
What Darwin Never Knew | Notes & Review
November 20, 2010
NOVA Production, December 29, 2009. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/darwin-never-knew.html. Based on the books: Endless Forms Most Beautiful and The Making of the Fittest by Sean Carroll. While Darwin’s idea was brilliant, there was one big problem: How does evolution actually work? Science is uncovering answers to this question, and ultimately the question of what makes us human. There […]
China’s Lost Girls | Notes & Review
November 10, 2010
National Geographic, 2005 Lucy Ling follows a group of American families to China and captures the key moments of their adoption process illuminating the unforeseen effects of China’s one-child policy coupled with ancient traditions and social constructs along the way. Some of them being, prioritization of boys as they are the parents’ “social security.” prioritization […]
The War of Art | Notes & Review
November 8, 2010
Steven Pressfield. The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles. Grand Central Publishing, 2002. (165 pages) …golf is a beautifully virulent form of procrastination. THE UNLIVED LIFE. Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. Genius […]
The Epic of Eden | Notes & Review
November 6, 2010
Sandra L. Richter. The Epic of Eden: A Christian Entry into the Old Testament. IVP Academic, 2008. (263 pages) St. Pete’s Blog: Book Review Q&A on Ben Witherington’s Blog Introduction: The Dysfunctional Closet Syndrome The Bible, in all its parts, is intended to communicate to humanity the realities of redemption. Over the centuries, the church […]
Revenge of the Introvert
November 5, 2010
This article caught my eye in the grocery story today: http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201008/revenge-the-introvert. (Here Revenge of the Introvert – Psychology Today, 2010-08-23 is a .pdf of the article). Reading it was like therapy for me. While not everything characterized my personality, a vast majority of it did. Below are the highlights. Scientists now know that, while introverts […]
November 30, 2010
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