inspiration & information
The bishop’s mitre
Today's American organizational landscape is arguable still very much a top-down model. From large corporations, to factories, to government...
Can’t see the mountain for the trees
Today I am posting a link to my final paper presentation for the course Communicating Mindfully. In it, I use the theory of distance in...
The dialectical way of life
I see today's "monk without a monastery," or "monk in the world," as a champion of dialogue and discernment, who builds community and healing. As I...
Responsiveness in the hospital community
The night I checked into the hospital to have my first child, I was cared for by a doctor I had never met. She was new to the OB/Gyn practice where...
The community of Church memory and how things change
In Communication Ethics Literacy: Dialogue and Difference, the authors discuss the theory developed by Robert Bellah that organization are holders...
Moderated Comments
In our culture of global connectedness, dialogue and opinion, more often opinion, are as widespread as the air we breathe. In communication ethics,...
I beg you not to importune me any further
Interpersonal distance is an important part of ethics in interpersonal communications. You can read more about it in Communications Ethics Literacy:...
Search for the Grail
The narrative that guides my life can be summed up in referencing the story of the search for the Holy Grail. This may seem like a big story to...
The good of me
Have you ever thought about how your notion of "the good" is different from someone else's? For years I have studied personality typing. I am a nine...
Reflected Images
In COM 601, Communication Fluency, at Queens University, I have learned a great deal about myself and how I process information, as well as how...
Seven traditions, seven stages?
In keeping with the theme of my blog of "monk in the world" or "mystic without a monastery," I'd like to compare the idea of seven communication...
Pride & Prejudice, or how a woman should live?
The 1995 BBC film Pride & Prejudice offers "equipment for living" (Burke, 1973) for women seeking to build self-confidence and the ability to...
Choosing the right scribing style
What kind of research or writing are you doing in your scriptorium? Are you a scientist, a liberal arts researcher, or a social scientist? Dependent...
APA Style Storytelling
In researching several recent topics, I am getting reacquainted with APA Style. I never really learned it thoroughly in the first place. My main...
Spiritual Transformation at Work?
In the following Powerpoint presentation, you can learn more about the use of the Enneagram as a tool for enhancing spirituality in the workplace....
