My word for the year is Flow, based on the work and writing of psychologist Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi. His book on Flow has been foundational to this effort: finding a center is key to his proposed concept of flow, as one seeks an ideal state between anxiety and boredom where we meet the moment with confidenceContinue reading “A Gimmicky Rhyme Scheme for Pursuing a State of Flow”
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This Ecclesiastical Argument Could Have Been an Email
I wonder what exactly Christians believe they’re accomplishing when they argue about liturgical doctrine during a pandemic. In early 2020, many of the church practices that we knew and loved couldn’t be done in the same way—not safely, anyway. I was pastoring a church at the time, and we, like most others, moved to anContinue reading “This Ecclesiastical Argument Could Have Been an Email”
One Word 2022: Flow
For a number of years now, I have preferred the concept of choosing a single word by which to live at the beginning of a new year, rather than making resolutions. This was inspired by the website One Word 365, which I wasn’t sure was still active. It apparently still is, but I’d still do thisContinue reading “One Word 2022: Flow”
Jeffrey A. Nelson 