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Washing Our Worries Away Through Dream Work
I was pregnant with my second child at age 35. Doctor visits were different this time, just two short years after having had my first child, a healthy boy. Because of my age, the doctor sent me for genetic testing… Then I had a dream…
“A Call is Just That”
After six fulfilling years as the communications canon in Baltimore, I’ve embarked on a new journey. Through Creative Monastery, I offer life coaching and communication consulting for faith-based organizations. While the specifics are still taking shape, I’m excited for the opportunities ahead, from executive coaching to dream work and preaching. I’m ready for this new chapter.
March 17 or St. Patrick’s Day? Walking the Way of Love from Jerusalem to Selma
Today, March 17, I want to talk about American history, presentation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to a joint session of congress by President Johnson on March 17, 1965
The Trinity – easy as apple pie?
Homily preached on the Feast of Gregory of Nyssa March 10, 2020 They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others;...
Monks in the World
1 John 3:2-3 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be...
A prayer for survival
I preached my first-ever sermon at work on Tuesday. I chose to celebrate the feast day of Thomas Cranmer early. (His true feast day is today, March...
Monastic eating in the new year
Over the past two years, I've done the Whole 30 four times, two of them more completely than others. What I've noticed as I continue to go through...
Are you collapsing online? How to navigate context collapse for professional success
Today is Wednesday, October 17, and we are here today on this COM 655 podcast to talk about navigating context collapse in the professional world...
It’s Complicated: the Social Lives of Networked Teens
by danah boyd a book review An often overheard comment in conversations about parenting or among those who ponder the state of the world is that...
Top Ten Best Practices for Communicating Organizational Identity and Brand
You need some new athletic shoes, what kind are you dying to get? You’re traveling for work, in a hurry, and need to eat? What’s the national fast...
Wish me luck!
Applying Goffman to the VW Diesel Crisis of 2015 In preparing the below presentation, Applying Goffman to the VW Diesel Crisis of 2015, I learned...
A tradition worth fighting for
A tradition worth fighting for: applying a consensus-oriented public relations approach to the New Coke incident of 1985. In the case of post-crisis...
Employees first, customers second
A case of divine reversal? Turning the world of management upside-down. Employees first, customers second. For anyone coming from a retail...
Creative monastery in the business world
Are you looking for ways to make your business relevant and effective? Are traditional business models and workplace protocol weighing you and your...
HR in the monastery
Although the Human Resources organizational management movement didn't exist in the Middle Ages, I like to think that the seeds of it were alive in...
