The root problem when public discourse is motivated by fear is that the conversation partners (CPs) never arrive at mutual understanding, mutual trust, and…

Based on recent conversations with Rob Barrett, a dear friend of many years, I will soon start posting a sequence of new Musings on…

This Musing consists of three parts. Part 1, written by me (Harold Heie), reflects on my “conversion” experience at age 13, and my subsequent…

In my last Musing (“If You are the ‘Boss,” How do you Lead”?), I presented a case for a collaborative approach to leadership, in…

I use the word “boss” in a broad sense, as referring to anyone who has one or more persons who work under his/her leadership.…

My experience is that attempts at conversations about the future of Democracy in America are significantly hampered by lack of clarity as to the…

My last Musing (“Formulate Your Own Set of Christian Values”) proposed a broad view of God’s redemptive purposes for our world. It left some…

The values that I seek to foster on a daily basis reflect my understanding of God’s redemptive purposes on earth. I believe that as…

My last Musing (“Seeing Through Partisan Politics or the Eyes of Jesus”) raised some important questions that were left unanswered; questions that beg for…

For my new Musings into the near future, I will often  follow a pattern of posting two back-to-back Musings that are inter-related. The first…