Category: Saturday Potpourri

Happy Saturday! Creativity is a mysterious, mostly misunderstood process. I thought this video did a nice job of dispelling a couple of common myths and making this essential part of our lives a bit more comprehensible. IMAGINE: How Creativity Works from Flash Rosenberg on Vimeo. Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a great weekend.

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Happy Saturday! Here in the U.S. it’s time for an unofficial holiday season called March Madness. It’s a college basketball tournament that consumes a huge portion of our attention for three weeks. In a time where it seems that winning and losing is all that matters, I thought it might be useful to listen to […]

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Happy Saturday! I hope you’ll grab a cup of coffee and listen to Bryan Stevenson’s sobering, inspiring message. I”m reluctant to ask you to invest twenty minutes to watch a talk. I think this one’s that important. My takeaway: The opposite of poverty isn’t wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. Can’t see the video? Click […]

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Happy Saturday! How often have you thought that you can’t REALLY make a difference? That you’re just one little insignificant everyday person? Drew Dudley tells a wonderful story about changing a life without even realizing it. I wish you a lollipop moment this weekend. Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a great weekend.  

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Happy Saturday! Have you ever wondered how to make deeper, more meaningful connections with others? David Brooks explains the powerful role of social connections and our failed struggle to make decisions purely rationally. A favorite thpught: Emotion is the foundation of reason because it teaches us what to value. Can’t see the video? Click here. Have […]

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As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and followed him. Mark 1:16-18 So here comes Jesus […]

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Happy Saturday! Do you ever read a Bible passage without really READING it? Without internalizing and taking it seriously? I do that all the time. Here’s an example: Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a great weekend.

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Happy Saturday! This talk by Simon Sinek makes me want to leap tall buildings. Grab a cup of coffee, work past the business examples, and be inspired! My favorite line: Martin Luther King gace the “I Have A Dream” speech, not the “I Have A Plan” speech. Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a […]

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Happy Saturday! I thought this video was pretty cool. Notice how the performer deals with the cell phone “interruption” toward the end. Can’t see the video? Click here. I’ve always bristled at the notion of welcoming adversity, but this offers a new perspective. The violinist turns what might have been a rude, negative incident into […]

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Happy Saturday! I really like the distinction this kid makes between the street definition of religion and what Jesus said. Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a great weekend.

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Happy Saturday! How much do we allow “fitting in” to shape us? We’d all like to believe we think and act as individuals, but I suspect we aren’t as independent as we think. In the 1950’s, psychologist Solomon Asch conducted a series of experiments known as the Acsh conformity experiments. These videos illustrate a couple […]

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Happy Saturday! Here’s a bit of insight into the beginnings of the computer world we all take for granted. It’s kinda interesting, but… I think the message has a lot to say as we consider the risk-taking part of a new year. Listen to the attitude of looking at old problems in new—and risky—ways. We […]

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