Tag Archives: United States
Who is Forecasting Your Hope?
After getting up this morning, I looked at the temperature on my cell phone and the screen says it is 33 degrees in Live Oak Florida. It looks like the message this morning is that it is going to be … Continue reading
Filed under Attitude, Cognitive Psychology, Consulting, Index, Leadership, Perception
Finding Hope in a Time of Uncertainty
It’s the beginning of a new year, and I am reminded that it is an opportunity to start again. This article is the early morning musing that comes from a daily habit of reflection about one day in life and … Continue reading
Filed under Attitude, Index, Leadership
Science, Misinformation, and Make-Believe Memories
In what we know about memory, our memories serve a purpose of enabling people to make sense of the past and incorporate it into the present experience of life. This importance of memories according to Loftus (2003) explains that people … Continue reading
Filed under Cognitive Psychology, Developing, Index, Memory, Perception
Science, Philosophy, Reason, and Life Without Memory
Watching this video is a very sobering look at the way that what the memory provides to an individual in the everyday activities is taken for granted and that without a functioning memory there is no connection with the past, … Continue reading
Filed under Cognitive Psychology, Index, Memory, Mental Health Issues, Perception, Uncategorized
Spirituality: Jesus the Church, Evangelism, Discipleship, and Multiculturalism
Albert Mohler (2010) said, “As the period of emerging adulthood grows longer, young people are becoming more alienated spiritually.” Mohler’s statement raises questions about what is occurring in 21st century within beliefs about spirituality. It is apparent that there is … Continue reading
Filed under Communication, Developing, Index, Perception, Relationships, Sociology, Spiritual Development
Synthetic Spirituality: Is it New Wine in Old Skins or Something Else?
When the apostle Paul says, “Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” (Colossians 2:8), what does it mean to 21st century … Continue reading
Forgiveness Consequences and Usama bin Laden in Perspective
What should a response be to someone who does you wrong, violates your trust, and continually acts in ways that cost more than you can pay emotionally, physically, and financially? Assessing blame and taking responsibility for unjust or unethical behavior … Continue reading
Ethics: What is the Role of Ethical Standards?
A recent news report by KENS 5, San Antonio Texas says, San Antonio council woman Jennifer Ramos is speaking out about the ethics rule she has been accused of breaking. An ethics review board found that Ramos violated a section … Continue reading
Filed under Consulting, Ethics, I/O Psychology, Index, Leadership, Relationships
Spirituality and Knowledge: Culture Shifting Emphasis from Content to Skill Development
Knowledge Dissemination in the 21st Century In USA Today (March 5, 2009) Greg Toppo’s article, “What to learn: ‘core knowledge’ or ’21st-century skills’?” describes a changing emphasis in how knowledge is ranked on a gradient of importance in contemporary American … Continue reading
Filed under Attitude, Developing, Index, Influence, Leadership, Perception, Postmodernism, Sociology
What is Most Important?
The most important thing not obvious in the heat of life; creating urgency in the moment is not what people fret about, nor what is possessed, certainly, it is what is absent–what is needed to filled the emptiness of pressing, … Continue reading
