Saturday Mornings

​Only a true natural servant automatically responds to any problem by listening first. -- Robert Greenleaf, The Servant as Leader Liste...

What If ...because something was so big: you thought something else that moved each day, was actually you.

Instagram:  bobgoff When It matters more w hat our faith looks like  than what it is,  it isn't  faith   anymore,  it's theatre...

If I could write a book right now, I would consider titling it ‘Wholehearted & Half-Assed’.  So, you ask, what would the sub-title be? ...

Poem for the week -- "Credo": I sing the will to love: the will that carves the will to live, the will that saps the will to ...

There is only one way to avoid criticism : do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. -- Aristotle

Are we primarily valued in a relationship or by a group because of what we  contribute to it? Of course, this is not rocket-science folks, r...

Fear is really uncertainty about what the future holds. Five themes emerged. The first is something called “inherent motivation.” Leade...

I've noticed ...that when I am less open to criticism , it is often related to a belief I am holding on to. The belief I recognize th...

"Scientific truth explains what things are.  Religious truths explains how you should act."

7 Skills That Are Hard To Learn But Pay Off Forever: Knowing when to shut up Emotional intelligence (EQ) Time management Listening Sa...

Visual - "Opening" St. George, Utah A visual representation of the process of ' Loosen Your Beliefs '?  ...long,...

In order to live your soul into the world, you must continuously loosen your beliefs about who you are . -- David Whyte

Instagram:  bobgoff We're all rough drafts of the people we're still becoming . -- Bob  Goff

Management is about handling complexity.  Leadership  is about creating simplicity. -- Peter Docker

What If ...because something was so big: you thought something in the center, was actually at the edge .

Deep suffering makes theologians of us all. The questions people ask about God in Sunday school rarely compare with the questions we ask wh...

I can't recommend this book enough: Here's one thought, from the book: Acceptance  (or non-acceptance)  of ideas is way mor...

Poem for the week -- “The Light of the House”: Beyond the cheat of Time, here where you died, you live; You pace the garden walk, secure...

We become what we receive, what we allow into our hearts. -- Richard Rohr Devastating and freeing: Devastating in the sense that, as ...

Exceptions to every generalization aside, it seems most good fame is posthumous. Why is that?  Is that because it (fame) is no longer miti...

Leaders are the ones who have the courage to go first, to put themselves at personal risk to open a path for others to follow. -- Simo...

I've noticed ...'woe is me' can easily be too handy.

Tami and I were struck this morning by something we don’t experience as much as we would like — silence .  “Stop”, she said, “ Listen to ho...

Perhaps the most stunning and picturesque trail I’ve ever seen: More pics here ....

Walked 18 miles of amazing views today: We have the world to live in on the condition that we take care of it.  And to take care of it...

Nature is a place where size and time instruct you.

Wilderness is not a luxury, but a necessity of the human spirit. -- Edward Abbey As we celebrate the 4th of July,...

Once again, an annual favorite to do with family (Tami used to do this with hers); climbing the 'M', in Bozeman , MT. More Mont...

Instagram:  bobgoff God isn't always leading us  to the safest route forward but to the one where  where we'll grow the most ....

Poem for the week -- “Love Letters” Every day, priests minutely examine the Law And endlessly chant complicated sutras. Before doing th...

We are in Montana and Utah for the next several days wandering around. Wandering in nature is perhaps the most essential soulcraft practi...

​Despite a bout with pain today (kidney stones), I’ve been thinking lately about pleasure. Pleasure has its place (there's a time for ...

Good principles are often true in many contexts.  To encourage leadership , take these for example: 1. Have a compelling mission  tied to ...

What If ...because something was so big: you thought that something still, was actually moving.

There are few things that draw people to God like their need . More than just good theory, this recitation points out the many many ways ...

My years of struggling against inequality, abusive power, poverty, oppression, and injustice had finally revealed something to me about mys...

Instagram: brenebrown Midlife is when the universe gently places her hands upon your shoulders, pulls you close, and whispers in ...

Vocation does not come from willfulness. It comes from listening ... -- Parker Palmer

We all struggle. Or, we are all involved in an adventure. Which way do you say it, to describe the challenges (or hardness) of life? If we...

The trick of  leadership  is allowing yourself to be led, too.  -- Nelson Mandela I couldn't agree more .  More thoughts on Mandela...

I've noticed ...one thing leads to another.  And, that it can take a while.

Instagram:  bobgoff I think a father's job, when it's done best, is to get down on both knees, lean over his children's li...

Reading puts your brain to work. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to your body. It gives us freedom to roam the expanse of s...

Poem for the week -- "Thirsting": It’s not that the old are wise But that we thirst for the wisdom we had at twenty when w...

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. -- Eleanor Roosevelt

You should give to the world. But just know, what you should give should come from the uniqueness of who you are (not from what is expect...

Leaders seek truth , not greatness. -- Oleg Vishnepolsky

What If...because something was so big: you thought something flat, was actually round.

Jesus did not come to make God’s love possible, but to make God’s love visible. -- Unknown

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G is for gratitude . When I'm in gratitude, if I even stop and make a list of the things I'm grateful for, that's a form of pray...

[There are] moments when it is clear—if I have the eyes to see —that the life I am living is not the same as the life that wants to live in ...

Instagram: brenebrown So it's searchable: Midlife is not about fear of death.  Midlife is death.  Tearing down the walls that we...

Directions are instructions given to explain HOW.  Direction is a vision offered to explain WHY. -- Simon Sinek Leaders often have  v...

I've noticed ...the faster I keep moving, the less imagination I have for others .

Instagram:  bobgoff We shouldn't say everyone's invited  if we're going to act like they're not  welcome when they com...

Have you ever wondered about why we see what we see?  Or, isn't it a little conspicuous that we tend to only see what we're looking ...

Poem for the week -- “The Seven of Pentacles” Under a sky the color of pea soup she is looking at her work growing away there actively,...

What is best for you depends on your nature, so you need to really understand yourself .... -- Ray Dalio

Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.  Just because it is physically possible, doesn’t mean it’s good for you.

What you do speaks so loudly that people in your organization will not hear what you say. -- Fred Kofman, The Meaning Revolution

Beautiful 'full moon' night at  Wrigley  last night! Conner's 'losing streak' was broken - CUBS won thanks to Baez 3...

God’s full life , just like nature , is never a straight line and never a dead end . -- Richard Rohr

The humanity of humans is significantly shaped by the time they spend together, or don't.

Everything that is tough and brittle shatters; everything that is cynical rots. The only way to endure is to forgive, over and over, to give...

​The x-factor of great leadership is not personality, it's humility . -- Jim Collins

We live in an unfinished revolutionary age of communicative abundance. Networked digital machines and information flows are slowly but surel...

Instagram:  bobgoff If we only love people who love us back, we make faith look like a negotiation. -- Bob  Goff

Loving, Liberating & Life-Giving God: Love is as strong as death.  It burns like a blazing fire. -- Song of Songs 8:6

Poem for the week -- "may my heart always be open to little": may my heart always be open to little birds who are the secrets ...

It’s important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative and progressive, but these qualities don’t necessarily nurture the s...

Keep doing it, until you get it right. -- Dolester Miles,  three-time James Beard Award finalist

...as the advertising company I founded struggled through a painful cultural crisis, I came to a shocking realization. One day, during a b...

I've noticed ...your body will tell you; treat it right and learn to listen to it.

" Love is true, love is kind...keep going."   Thank you, Moms , for your part in teaching us all the magnificence and the ...

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This beautiful chain of love that had transformed more than one person’s soul all began when I let go of my white-knuckle grip on the situa...

After 55 years, why does it feel like I'm only just beginning? Is that an indictment ?  Or, a sign of  growth  — the older we get, the...

Instagram:  bobgoff God finds us in the hole we dig for ourselves.   Where we see failures , God sees foundations. -- Bob  Goff

How much of  leadership  starts with one's disposition with ( awareness of) oneself? Let go of your fear Approach tasks with succe...

​Emma hadn’t given me my old identity, she had protected my ability to forge a new one. -- Paul Kalanithi , When Breath Becomes Air Thi...

What if rich did not have to mean wealthy and whole did not have to mean healed ?  What if being people of the gospel meant that we are simp...