identity

My Gen X Reflections on Childhood Heroines

March 29, 2011

My head is about to explode these days from all the stuff I’m having to do, prepare, think about, and read. So I’m getting away from more serious minded things for a while here for my own sanity. My family was out at a TGIF’s last week and we were in a booth where there [...]

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My Thoughts on Dawn Treader and Identity

December 22, 2010

Last week I got away for a couple hours to see the new Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie. I wasn’t sure how they would make a good movie out of it, but I really enjoyed it. This book has some of the more vivid spiritual metaphors of the whole Narnia series and I liked [...]

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Insights Gained From a Dirty Coach

December 15, 2010

This week there’s been a particular type of coach in the media more than any other week I can recall – that’s a “strength and conditioning” coach. This type of coach is in the news because last week the New York Jets strength and conditioning coach actually stuck his knee out and tripped an opponent’s [...]

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Intimacy and Leadership

December 13, 2010

In the Leadership Coaching Group I’m facilitating this year, we just wrapped up going through Henri Nouwen’s leadership classic, In the Name of Jesus. This was the third or fourth time I’ve read it (you can read it in under 2 hrs), but it still packs a punch like it’s the first time.He draws from [...]

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Siblings: Beyond Birth Order

July 17, 2010

I have two siblings – two sisters. They are both younger. One of the thoughts I’ve had from time to time over the course of various family dynamics over time has been – “Why does it matter so much what I think?” Whether 5 years ago or 15, my sisters have always been quite capable [...]

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Israel, Environment, and Identity

June 4, 2010

I wanted to post today a follow-up post to my dad’s two guest posts the past few days on how culture and environment impacts and influences identity formation – for leaders and for all people for that matter. This post is a summary of some of the comment interaction on the second post, but since [...]

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Cultural Pressure Part Two

June 3, 2010

Here is the second of two guest posts contributed by Tom Virtue. You can click here to read “Cultural Pressure Part One.” This is a continuation of those thoughts and I’d encourage you to spark some interaction and dialogue by raising questions or leaving a comment of your own. ______________________________________________________________ “Would the girl/boy you were [...]

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Cultural Pressure Part One

June 2, 2010

Today is the third guest post of 2010 here on this blog and another family member has stepped up to the challenge and this time for a two-day guest post mini-series entitled “Cultural Pressure.” Today’s guest blogger is none other than my dad, Tom Virtue who’s been involved in Ministry Leadership and Field Campus Ministry [...]

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More Bermuda Barriers – Revisiting the Happy Button

May 6, 2010

I’m continuing to process the theme of getting “lost.” Check out my initial post called Leadership Bermuda Triangles here for a background to this if you haven’t seen it. I’ve been thinking through this more and have been in some good discussions with some good friends and teammates of late and wanted to share more [...]

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