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Goodbye summer. Hello fall.
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Hi Reader, My summer ended with some interesting conversations with people. How about yours? In todays episode of You Were Made for This, I share a few of these end-of-summer conversations and what they left me to think about this fall. You can listen in when you click here. It will be the only episode for this month, as it concludes Season 9 of the podcast. After a short break, the podcast will resume next month with the start of Season 10. May your fall get off to a great start and I‘ll see you again in a few weeks. Until next time, I wish you all the joy that you can wish.* John Certalic *The Merchant of Venice, Act III, scene 2 |
John Certalic - Caring for Others
I'm an author, podcaster, and relationship coach who loves to talk about the joy found in reflecting the character and image of God in our relationships. I focus on the power of listening to make this happen. Subscribe now to learn more.
Dear Reader, I’m making several changes regarding release of new episodes to my You Were Made for This podcast and the weekly blog posts/articles I’ve been sending your way. But before we get into that, I want to focus on thankfulness. We set aside one day out of 365 to consider this virtue, which clearly deserves more of our attention. To illustrate this, today’s podcast episode begins with th a quote from Garrison Keillor: “Old age is the age of gratitude, when I come to appreciate the...
Hi Reader, I’m intrigued by the piece I wrote few weeks ago about the questions Jesus asked. If you missed it, you can click here to read it. Many of his questions were asked to help people understand themselves better. That’s a good motive for us to ask questions of others. To gain more understanding of the people in our lives. Two people I’ve been thinking about lately are my parents, both of whom have been dead for over 20 years. It occurred to me the other day that they must have had a...
Hi Reader, If you’ve been following my writings or podcast for any length of time you’ll know I’m a big fan of asking questions to deepen relationships. But not just any questions, for despite what your 5th grade teacher told you, there are dumb questions. Some really dumb ones, even harmful questions that are destructive to relationships. I’ve conducted workshops on asking meaningful questions, and I’ve aired more than a few podcast episodes on the subject. But I realized recently there’s...