Category Archives: personal growth

On personal growth and development.

A basic BFST reading list

Posted on August 7, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Every once in a while I get a request for a basic reading list for studying Bowen Family Systems Theory (BFST). The good news is that I find I need to update that basic list as more good resources become … Continue reading →

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Purpose-driven or faith-driven?

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Full disclosure: I’ve not read Warren’s fabulously successful Purpose Driven Live. There is a copy of it in our home as my wife was required to read it as part of a staff development team-building activity at the church where … Continue reading →

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Now I’m an art critic

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Israel Galindo

I’ve been invited to write a magazine article on artistic interpretations of biblical texts. I enthusiastically accepted the invitation from the editor. Given my lifelong interest in art in general, and religious art in particular, and the fact that I’ve … Continue reading →

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Another blog on blogging

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Every once is a while someone asks how I manage to post a blog entry every day. My canned response is, “I try to have a thought every day, then, I write it down.” Blogging is a good exercise for … Continue reading →

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It should be obvious

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Some things should be obvious, but often we require someone to point out the obvious to us. A man walks into a doctor’s office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana … Continue reading →

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Getting older

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Israel Galindo

The “new middle age” is said to now start at 65. That’s good news for those of us this side of 50. It can portend that the best is yet to be. S. M. Hutchins, in Touchstone (June 2008) writes: … Continue reading →

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Taking responsibility for one’s own feelings

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Learning to take responsibility for our own feelings can be hard work. Our culture certainly doesn’t help given its propensity for encouraging a “victim” mentality. People seem to “take offense” readily at just about anything. And too many encourage that … Continue reading →

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Should I take the money?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Israel Galindo

Over the past several months I’ve talked with various church staff about some money issues. One interesting aspect of these conversations is how they parallel. All of them involved a variation on: (1) a church member wanting to give money … Continue reading →

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Anam Cara

Posted on June 2, 2008 by Israel Galindo

There has been a resurgence in clergy peer learning groups of late. A significant contribution to this has been the funding from the Lilly Foundation that has challenged and enabled denominations to bring about external impetus to the creation of … Continue reading →

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Coming of Age

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Israel Galindo

I finally got around to watching a DVD from Netflix that’s been sitting on the coffee table for about a month (thank goodness for that “no late fees” policy!). The movie was House of D. In the movie a thirteen-year-old … Continue reading →

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