Faith & Life Inspirational Message

One of the things I have learned from my involvement in the world of innovation is to be open and attentive to what might come from unexpected places.   I don’t see myself as highly creative, but I do think I have been innovative.   Certainly, being innovative is one form of creativity.             One thing I have done for much of my life is to read papers, magazines and other resources.   Recently, I heard an innovator say that he spent a half hour each day just reading things that had little or nothing to do with his area of work.   In my case that would mean spending a half hour each day randomly reading things that had nothing to do with spirituality or religion.   I am not sure I spend a half hour doing it, but I do spend some time.             Another thing I have done is to expand the resources that I read.   Thanks to a younger friend...

I participate in some forms of social media, although I have not yet become a Facebook follower.   That clearly means I am not all in!   But I do think there is a role for social media.   One of the roles I see for myself is social media provides one more outlet for me to share some spiritual nuggets that students, especially, would not get.   That may sound arrogant, but there are quite a few folks from my university that read the thing just because I am writing it.   The numbers are not huge, but Jesus only managed a few followers!   I am in good company.             The other thing that participating in social media affords is a chance to keep thinking about life and how to make the most sense out of it.   I grant that so much of the stuff that appears via social media---Facebook, Twitter and the rest---is not profound in any sense.   Much of it is technological chitchat.   I am not...