Monthly Archives: March 2007

John Donne

Posted on March 26, 2007 by igalindo

John Donne (1572-1631) was an Anglican priest, poet, member of Parliment, and Dean of St. Paul’s. He preached his last sermon during Lent of 1631. He left behind an impressive collection of works, but he his most popularly known lines … Continue reading →

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A. E. Housman

Posted on March 25, 2007 by igalindo

Professor of Latin and Greek, A. E. Housman is, arguably, more popularly know for his poetry. His most noted poetic work is A Shropshire Lad which includes the popular �To An Athelete Dying Young.� More ironically, given his self-avowed atheism, … Continue reading →

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On finding your number

Posted on March 25, 2007 by igalindo

A friend has taken on the work of trying to discover his Enneagram number. He�s taken a couple of on-line inventories, but with mixed results. The scores come back �flat�, hinting that he can be any one of three of … Continue reading →

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Poetry and faith

Posted on March 24, 2007 by igalindo

For some years I’ve relied on religious poetry to provide a balance to my overly-analytical approach to faith (a natural liability of an Enneagram 5). Advent and Lent especially are enriching times as I’ve revisited poets and pieces that have … Continue reading →

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OpenBible.Info and biblical geography

Posted on March 24, 2007 by igalindo

This is pretty cool. OpenBible.info has done some “geocoding” on Google maps to placenames in the Bible. Which means you can use their Bible book list (menu) to locate the geographical place names in the Bible. In itself, pretty nifty. … Continue reading →

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On who forms ministers

Posted on March 23, 2007 by igalindo

I’m often asked by students to serve as a reference when they begin to get their resumes in order and start searching for ministry placement. I’m always happy to do so for those whom I’ve gotten to know and have … Continue reading →

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How education can change the brain

Posted on March 22, 2007 by igalindo

I’m just back from three days at the Lost River spring session of Leadership in Ministry Workshop (LIM). One presentation re-visited the topic of the brain and systems theory, and one other made reference to the brain’s functioning as a … Continue reading →

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Rick asks about multigenerational patterns

Posted on March 17, 2007 by igalindo

Rick, yes, I think that much of the value of working on our family-of-origin and on our personal growth (working toward individuation, our maturity, working at being more self-differentiated, etc.) is that we are better able to change our ways … Continue reading →

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Top ten list

Posted on March 16, 2007 by igalindo

I’ll admit that I’m guilty of using the “top ten list” on occasion (heck, I wrote a whole book of lists!). Let’s face it, it’s a perennial catchy technique, and for some things a “short attention span theatre” option is … Continue reading →

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Observations at the end of a crisis week

Posted on March 16, 2007 by igalindo

I recently observed a system go through about a week of acute anxiety which spawned reactivity in the system. All systems experience episodes of acute anxiety, of course, but systems manifest it differently. Relatively stable and non-anxious, high-functioning systems seem … Continue reading →

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