What Is Your Life’s Highest Contribution?
My encouragement to you this month: As much as you can—and on an ongoing basis because it will change and grow—think about this question: What is your life’s highest contribution? That is, given your gifts, abilities, experiences, and passions—who you are—what is the greatest thing in your life that you can offer to the world or the Kingdom of God? What do you hope to contribute to others or do in God’s hands before you die?What is your life’s highest contribution? Think about that. Until you have a clear answer. Even if it takes your whole life. Because: Do you really have…
The Meaning and Purpose of Life
Just this once I’ll post here what I’ve written for “Connections.” That’s because I’m thinking of putting it in my online library and would welcome any feedback. What do you think? Be honest and brutal. “The Meaning and Purpose of Life” What’s the meaning of life? I’d be lying if I gave an answer. And I encourage you to avoid looking. Why? Because it’s greater than any one of us can embrace. To think otherwise would reduce God to a cartoonish image of what we can contain. We could say that the meaning of life is to come into relation…