From the Director’s Desk
What I Learned This Week
A Spiritual Discipline of Action/Reflection
Friday, January 22, 2021
This week, facing diverse deadlines and competing commitments, I find myself reflecting on the importance of increments in life. Incremental progress toward learning, toward relationships, toward discernment and decision-making.
Setting incremental goals for a long-term writing project for school let me feel some sense of accomplishment amid overwhelming demands on the job. (Did I mention that I’m a doctoral student in Villanova University’s PhD in Theology and Religious studies?)
Approaching a requirements document for the forthcoming CCL website in increments—first in my own brainstorming, then in consultation with a colleague, and finally in distilling the process into a completed form—gave me footholds when treading unfamiliar ground.
Allowing for understanding and clarity to emerge incrementally in community with colleagues requires patience but it also invites trust, discovery, and a sense of wonder.
Increments… or what my grandmother would have called “baby steps.”
Photo by Mithul Varshan from Pexels
From the Director’s Desk
What I Learned This Week
A Spiritual Discipline of Action/Reflection
Friday, January 22, 2021
This week, facing diverse deadlines and competing commitments, I find myself reflecting on the importance of increments in life. Incremental progress toward learning, toward relationships, toward discernment and decision-making.
Setting incremental goals for a long-term writing project for school let me feel some sense of accomplishment amid overwhelming demands on the job. (Did I mention that I’m a doctoral student in Villanova University’s PhD in Theology and Religious studies?)
Approaching a requirements document for the forthcoming CCL website in increments—first in my own brainstorming, then in consultation with a colleague, and finally in distilling the process into a completed form—gave me footholds when treading unfamiliar ground.
Allowing for understanding and clarity to emerge incrementally in community with colleagues requires patience but it also invites trust, discovery, and a sense of wonder.
Increments… or what my grandmother would have called “baby steps.”
Photo by Mithul Varshan from Pexels