How do we get from Need to Mission?
by Stephen Simmer I offer these as the four steps for the evolution of mission: need, demand, want, and mission. 1. NEED is the child-position: I need love, and no matter what relationship I have, I am reaching out to be loved (or reaching out for peace, justice, whatever value). I feel helpless to get love without someone giving it to me. 2. DEMAND is the slightly older child, who uses anger to try to get the value: I insist that you...
The Butterfly Effect
by Stephen Simmer I sort of remember the incident. I’ve reconstructed it with the help of my sixteen-year-old daughter Anna, after she showed me the art project based on what happened. The incident took place many years ago, when she was four and her sister was three. We had just gotten a new-to-us car. Anna was already a budding artist, always drawing, painting, or coloring. It was pretty common for us to give her a coloring...
Music review: ‘Translucent’ – Solo instrumental piano CD by Roth Herrlinger
by Wayne Lee “When I sit at the piano, I open up to what will come through, and let inspiration lead as I lose myself in the music.” So says Roth Herrlinger, who has just released his first solo instrumental piano CD, “Translucent.” The sincerity of his statement speaks volumes on the simplicity, authenticity and penetrating connectedness of Herrlinger’s music. “All of these songs came from that...
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