On the Boundaries

The first post on this subject began with the notice that this “blog in the wind” is not likely to be followed by another for some time, as the hiatus continues. The hiatus is, of course, still underway and will be until my colleagues and I have continued our study and conversations regarding world religions…

Reactions to this “post out of nowhere” may well range from “Oh, good, I can learn something about world religions” to “Geez, we were just getting used to not being pestered every other week!”  To the latter, my only tender of comfort is that this “blog in the wind”—although it is in two parts—is not…

My ethical stance, which belongs in the category of “Virtue Ethics,” is that of “situationism” and I have been most influenced at this point by Joseph Fletcher in his book, Situation Ethics.  He says that every situation of moral choice has three elements, each of  which he identifies with a Greek word:  Sophia—or wisdom, by…

As indicated in the previous post, we will bring to a close this (long) series on Knowing Oneself by addressing the topic, “Knowing Your Values and Your Ethical Stance.” On what basis do you make a decision about what you will do in a situation with “moral weight?” Consider the following incidents. A young bank…

As promised in the two previous posts, I am offering my plan for the completion of this topic, Knowing Oneself, along with an announcement of interest. I have decided to bring this lengthiest blog topic I think I have ever done to a close by addressing the topic of “Knowing Your Values and Your Ethical…

My Characteristics Chosen from the Four Types {2nd choices, lower case/italicized} Strengths: People-oriented (B); Critical thinker (C); Task oriented (D); Compassionate (D) Very organized (D); Good listener (D) {Not easily discouraged (A); Prepared, organized (C) Fair, dependable (D); thoughtful (D)} Weaknesses: Procrastination (B); Uncomfortable with constant change (D) Motivations: Problem-solving (C); Stability (D) {Security (D)}…

In the third post, my “Common Sense Approach” proposed that among the “Whats” we should know about ourselves is our (primary) emotional and personality type(s), with the assumption that the “Hows” would emerge in the process of exploring the basic components. And while I acknowledged that there are a “host” of other typologies, I found…

Since I’ll be a bit late with the next post on Knowing Oneself, I thought you should be aware of the reason. As some of you may know, due to my friend and former colleague Steve Harmon’s recent and generous Facebook post, with accompanying photo, I was invited and offered the keynote address at Gardner-Webb…

In this second post on “the body” I’ll turn, as I did in the previous one on “mind,” to some of my personal experiences of trying to know my own body. But unlike the previous one, I’ll try to give you a sense of how my own body-consciousness—sometimes of body-part, sometimes of body-care—emerged, by my…

Know Your Body In the first post on knowing ourselves, the initial, tentative, list of topics to be addressed outlined this one as follows: Know your body: what are your capabilities and strengths? limitations and weaknesses? needs and wants? These issues will be all wrapped up—although not necessarily in that order—in some basic areas and…