Hey everyone – great to be connected this way and I’m looking forward to this education journey we’ll be sharing together. My wife, Sonya, and I live east of Toronto with our four incredible kids. We have the amazing privilege of living on a rural 2-acre property where we keep chickens and bees with lots …
Creating a structure for my site proved rather difficult. I want to organize the content in a way that makes sense and makes navigation easy. I know from personal use of the web that difficult navigation often results in minimal… Continue Reading →
Hi Everyone! My name is Daneen and I am a Registered Nurse. I have been in healthcare for about 10 years and about 7 of those years have been spent in the area of Palliative/Hospice Care. I have taken on many leadership roles in the nursing community, so having the opportunity to go on this … Continue reading “Introduction”
I really enjoyed learning about hypothes.is in this activity. It is a new extension to me. The instructions to set it up were clear and I found the sign up and interface rather intuitive. I can see why it will be… Continue Reading →
Hi! My name is Brittni. To be honest, I’m a bit nervous about going back to school. It’s been several years since I was in college. I currently work full time with YWAM in Vancouver leading our Youth Department. We… Continue Reading →
Link: https://create.twu.ca/charliemable/2018/05/22/light-from-many-lamps-courage-and-the-conquest-of-fear/ I appreciate the personal example that you gave in linking this back to how you want to improve as a leader. I agree with you – watching someone go through challenges, particularly a loved one, reminds me to be grateful and to count my blessings. I also find that when I watch someone […]
winstonchurchill.org There are many people who come to mind who exude transformational leadership qualities. Individuals like Winston Churchill who through his clear vision and his famous speech entitled “We Shall Never Surrender” (video clip of speech here) brought a country together to inspire people to accomplish more than they originally thought possible. Bill Gates courtesy […]
“Blessed is He Who Has Found His Work” – Light From Many Lamps Assignment 2 Once again, I loved reading your post! Thank you for sharing your story and how sometimes the path we start out on isn’t the one we eventually end up on. I think it is important for us to reassure […]
Light From Many Lamps – Courage and the Conquest of Fear Another beautifully written and inspiring post! I was very touched by your story about your mom and the note that you discovered written in her bible. As a mom myself, I can’t even imagine what she must have been experiencing, and how much she […]
The story that impressed upon me in this week’s reading was that of Thomas Carlyle. The writings of Carlyle echo those of John Burroughs, a man who also realized that work was a blessing and that the absence of work was wretchedness, dejection and despair (Watson, 1951). Many working people set their sights on the […]