The 4 S’s of Showing Up
I’m doing a lot of research right now into being present in parenting, specifically as a way of practicing the Presence of God. My wife…
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Three Levels of Relationship
I use this framework a lot to talk about all types of relationships: marriage, friendship, spirituality, etc. It can help to clarify what’s happening in…
Calling Out Or Calling In?
We’ve been working on a research thread related to “call out” or “cancel culture” as part of what really influenced Robert Kieft to create the…
Brains Are Not Computers and Can’t Think In Them
Ever since the creation of the computer, we’ve been thinking of our brains in terms of memory, retrieval, and processing. Renowned psychologist Robert Epstein points…
Women and Technology
Microsoft celebrated Women’s History Month (March) with a feature on how women innovators around the world are using technology to make things better. An ad…
Was Dr. Seuss Cancelled?
In the New City story line for SparkQuest, the government is a authoritarian regime that exercises strong censorship and repressive policies. This arose, in my…
Finding Chris Soderquist
We’ve been working on Systems Thinking lately (see this post and this one). If found a good not-too-technical explanation put out by the CDC, but…
Resource: The Kid Should See This
Some pretty cool people tipped us off to TheKidShouldSeeThis.com, a site that offers curated videos for kids and adults mostly on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,…
Tobin Miller Shearer’s Advice on Talking to Whites About Racism
Lately I’ve been working through Mennonite resources on racism. While the movement has always been about peacemaking since its 15th century beginning, there has been…
The History of Disappearing and Internment
People are disappearing in New City. There have been rumors of a “re-education system” that takes people the government suspects of causing trouble or sewing…