Reflection - Sometimes, When Its Hard to Focus...

07/16/20 • 5 min

As we make our way along this journey, we sometimes get a chance to reflect on what's happened in our lives. Every other week, we hope to give you a short reflection along the way.

Sometimes, when it’s hard to focus, we might get a chance to connect in ways we hadn’t expected. Sometimes, when it’s hard to focus, we might be surprised by a connection, a gift, a moment when we get to be who we are, mess and all.

It's a hectic, uncertain, and frenzied time we're living in right now. But we want to be your Friends for the Journey.

https://ministeringtoministers.org/what-we-do/

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As we make our way along this journey, we sometimes get a chance to reflect on what's happened in our lives. Every other week, we hope to give you a short reflection along the way.

It's a hectic, uncertain, and frenzied time we're living in right now. But we want to be your Friends for the Journey.

https://ministeringtoministers.org/what-we-do/

Music for this episode has been legally purchased from AudioJungle. License available upon request

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George Kao: Hope Faith and Relationship

Kathrin is really excited to share some time with George Kao to talk about hope, faith, and relationships. The co-founder of Markao Business Academy, George provides inspirational support and advice to people across the world through coursework, videos, personal coaching, and individual and group mentoring.

Links:

George Kao:

Website: https://www.georgekao.com/
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeorgeKaoCommunity/videos

Fort Funston, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy:

https://www.parksconservancy.org/parks/fort-funston

About Ministering to Ministers Foundation: https://ministeringtoministers.org/about-mtm/

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Pastor Skip Irby - The Power of Listening in Times of Upheaval

Kathrin gets to sit down with Pastor Skip and talk about the power of listening during a time of upheaval. Pastor Skip talks about the value of listening as we engage difficult conversations about the history of racial inequity and prejudice, and how, through listening, we can discover the value of our second response.

Pastor Skip Irby has been a volunteer facilitator at Ministering to Ministers Wellness Retreats for eight years and has chaired the Board of Ministering to Ministers since 2019. Drawing on his 35 years’ study of family systems, life in ministry, and willingness to look in the rear-view mirror, Skip invites us to reflect on what matters to each of us, embracing our strengths, and discovering resilience in the face of adversity.

LINKS & RESOURCES:

BOOKS:

White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo

You can find ways to purchase this book, as well as obtain a FREE Reader’s Guide on Robin DiAngelo’s Official Website: https://robindiangelo.com/

How to be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi

Official Website: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1

Ibram X. Kendi Antiracism Center: https://www.ibramxkendi.com/antiracism-center-2

Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the Quick Fix, by Edwin Friedman Find it HERE

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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man with Emmanuel Acho:

Website: https://uncomfortableconvos.com/

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/h8jUA7JBkF4