I spent years trying to fit into traditional boxes, yet never fitting in, because a spiritual calling will never fit into a box. I spent more years not trusting what Spirit was showing me; feeling that I wasn’t the right person for what I was being called to do. I wanted a safe and normal…
Albert Einstein sought beauty in his scientific theories. For Einstein, a theory should not only be useful but also elegant. A beautiful theory was one that could explain something complex in a simple and graceful way. (He said, “when the solution is simple, God is answering.”) Einstein was convinced that beauty was a guiding principle…
Love is at the heart of genius. When I was studying adult learning in the PhD program at the University of Chicago, I was fascinated by the lack of heart and soul in the research literature. It was as if love had been divorced from learning. Perhaps it was too mushy? Are the head and…
Spaces instigate transformation. I went to graduate school with the desire to understand how adults learn in life and through my research it was remarkable to me how important space was for learning and social change. For example, during the civil rights movement, black churches were instrumental in creating change because they provided “free…
I met someone recently who has spent years studying social change movements all over the world. He says successful social protests OPEN UP SPACE in places where we think there isn’t any space. For example, before the Occupy movement began in 2011, economic inequality was more accepted as “just the way it is.” But, he…
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