Saturday Mornings

​Among the problems with politics is that there is too much talking and not enough listening AND that it is embedded in a belief that gove...

Weak leaders have the luxury of looking after themselves. Great leaders have the honor of looking after others. -- Simon Sinek

On Memorial Day , what are we memorializing?

What we call sins are actually symptoms of the illusion that we are separated from God. -- Richard Rohr Prayer consists of Attention...

...who thinks up stuff ( beauty ) like this, much less creates it?

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "They Ate the Bulbs of Tulips": I’d have to hear it spoken in mind somehow, my fathe...

Q&A :  Q: What is the most difficult, overwhelmingly insurmountable obstacle that prevents most people from getting what they want? A...

I've noticed ...that many times, you have to look for something different in order to see something different.

None of us are as smart as all of us. -- Ken Blanchard So, we should lead accordingly.

A healing path opens by realizing you can't change what you aren't aware of. -- Deepak Chopra

O gracious and holy Father, give us wisdom to perceive Thee, intelligence to understand Thee, diligence to seek Thee, ...

I tend to save things that strike something in me that I want to think more about.  Sometimes I have an immediate thought or connection.  A...

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "Instructions on Not Giving Up": More than the fuchsia funnels breaking out of the c...

​At the  center of your being  you have the answer ; you know who you are and you know what you  want . -- Lao Tzu

​If you disrespect yourself with your body, you make it very hard for your body to respect you. The better you treat your body (one way of...

Curiosity is essential for progress. Only when we look to worlds beyond our own can we really know if there's room for improvement. -...

Meet Those Who “Love Jesus but Not the Church” The Hottest Thing at Church Is Not Your Pastor or Worship Leader Is there a correlation b...

"I love this tree," I told my wife recently.  And, this got me thinking about why -- certainly a thing of beauty, but not all th...

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face": The glory of the day was in her face, The be...

A friend shared a beautiful story of a local, attorney friend of his who posted this on his FB page yesterday (thanks, Jim): Yesterday I w...

​I've noticed ...things can grow in the smallest of places, in the tiniest of cracks.  Perhaps, this is because things in cracks are oft...

No man should be appointed to a managerial position if his vision focuses on people's weaknesses rather then their strengths. -- Pet...

There's something kind of amazing about doing something you didn't know you could do - like running a mini-marathon. So happy for ...

Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. -- Matthew 5:9 This Beatitude follows as the logical consequ...

​ Unrelated (or maybe not): TG: Is it possible to have a more mindful relationship with technology ? JKZ: You can be more mindful of...

​I am caught sometimes, somehow between two kinds of freedom: real and unreal So compelled by the moment sabotaging what is beyond t...

​The people who have taught me the most in my career are the ones who pointed out what I didn't see . -- Sheryl Sandberg

​I've noticed ...that many hard things end up making you better, more capable of helping others. This is the staggering loss of avoidi...

What got you here won't necessarily get you there. -- Marshall Goldsmith

​Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge. But he prays because his soul is hungry for God. -- Leo...

Regarding 'ubuntu', Eze summarizes it this way: ​'A person is a person through other people' strikes an affirmation of...

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "The Fool’s Song": I tried to put a bird in a cage.                 O fool that I am...

Change happens because ideas compel people to take risks. -- Tom Goodwin Instagram:  bobgoff Great love leaves little doubt. ...

​I've noticed ...that what I know the most, I know experientially. I go for a run nearly every day. Because I do, I have come to know ...

The single greatest people skill is a highly developed and authentic interest in the other person. -- Bob Burg

Who are we seeking to become? We get what we invest in. The time we spend comes back, with interest. If you practice five minutes of ...

The sea enters the rivers before the rivers can run into the sea. In like manner, God comes to us before we go to Him; and heaven enters int...

The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence . When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers . -- ...

More often than not, it only takes one simple choice to start things heading in the opposite direction. Each moment provides us w...

​As long as we’re filled with ourselves, we can go no further. -- Cynthia Bourgeault We must learn how to empty ourselves, particularl...

​I've noticed ...that I am surprised sometimes at the significance of the smallest of things. Someone recently asked about my brother an...

Leaders ...must believe that diversity is necessary for future innovation and growth . Only then will...an organization...be willing to take...

​Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next. -- Jonas Salk

Our old history ends with the cross; our new history begins with the resurrection. -- Watchman  Nee www.youversion.com So it's...

By His  wounds  we are  healed . -- Isaiah 53:5 www.youversion.com ...even on a long, hope-crushing Saturday like this one duri...

Christianity is not a religion. Christianity is the proclamation of the end of religion, not of a new religion, or even of the best of all r...

As I contemplate the significance of this day of Holy Week , relative to Lent and to the next 3 days, I find myself aware of several things...

www.youversion.com The son of man came not to be served, but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many. -- Matt...

If we get attached to computers and other machines, we get far more attached to the traditional ways in which we have organized and run our ...

Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge . -- Carl Jung This seems like an appropriate criticism in general, but especia...

The apparent eclipse of Christian wisdom by history is an optical illusion, since history itself is an unfolding of the event of Christ . ...

Some conceptual snapshots from the TRINITY Conference : You don't think your way into a new way of living, you live your way into ne...

This icon is displayed this week at the ' TRINITY: The Soul of Creation ' conference in Albuquerque, NM.  Tami and I are enjoying ...

​I go to nature to be soothed and healed and have my senses put in order. -- John Burroughs ...more pics here .

​I've noticed ...that many good conversations are often leveraged by food.

​Your environment always wins. If you hang out with nasty and sullen people, you will become nasty and sullen. If you work for a Machiavelli...

​Pressure to do our best at everything can be paralyzing, and perfectionism is deadly to balanced living. -- Sam Chase

Feed on Christ, and then go and live your life, and it is Christ in you that lives your life, that helps the poor, that tells the truth , th...

Perspective is a giver. Comparison takes. Perspective is generous. Comparison pares down the loveliness of your life until it appears a t...

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "Causing an Accident": The moon builds its tower Sisyphean project Like a velvet la...

We do not normally see what we are not told to pay attention to. -- Richard Rohr

​I've noticed ...when I have to prepare for something, that I also need to be proactive about it in other ways, too, like considering wh...

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it. Do not look for approval except for t...

It’s okay to realize that you’re crazy and very damaged. All the best people  are. -- Anne Lamott

If you wear glasses, you likely often forget that they’re even there! Only when you take the lenses off do you realize how much your capacit...

In a recent interview with Vox’s Ezra Klein, journalist and author Ta-Nehisi Coates argued that serious thinkers and writers should get off ...

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "Cake": Look, you want it you devour it and then, then good as it was you realiz...

​Most of us live our lives by accident -- we live it as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose . -- Simon Sinek ...

​When do we receive truth ? Many such questions are best answered by the asking of another question.  Perhaps something like, when does soil...

​The selfishness of man creates misery. The selflessness of God creates abundance.

...more pics here .  And then, Michigan went on to land a spot in the 'Sweet Sixteen'!

A post shared by Bob Goff (@bobgoff) on Mar 2, 2017 at 9:36am PST When prayer is authentic, it will always lead to actions of m...

​Another  Saturday Mornings Brunch : ​The best players have curious minds . -- ESPN Interview **** Curiosity is the path to enlight...

' Poem selection ' for the week -- "Spaces": I do not know how she felt, but I keep thinking of her— screaming out ...

​Sometimes you need separation  from something in order to see it again.

​We all need to return at times to the foundation of our lives, to help us keep track of what we are building...of what is truly being built...

​We’ve all worked with people who can’t stop talking about themselves and their accomplishments. Have you ever wondered why? They boast and ...

​Everyone wants to change, but change demands desire and discipline before it becomes delightful. There is always the agony of choice bef...

The question for me is not whether there’s a point to giving things up during Lent , but whether I should ever stop fasting from all that nu...

More Saturday Mornings Brunch : ​It takes an incredible amount of focus, on every series, to be successful in this game. -- Eric Spolstr...