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032: What Am I Here For? What is My Purpose in Life?

Hello everyone and welcome to Season Two, and episode 32, What am I here for? What is my purpose in life? It’s great to be back with you after a summer off from podcasting. I enjoyed the weekly blogs, certainly, but I enjoy the podcasts even more. To

032: What Am I Here For? What is My Purpose in Life?John Certalic2021-09-22T12:49:33-05:00

7 ways to listen better

In workshops I give about building better relationships, a key module I cover is listening. It’s one of my favorite subjects. I love to talk about listening. I sometimes read the “Please Listen” poem you can see below. It’s a bit dated, as you can tell from the reference to

7 ways to listen betterJohn Certalic2019-08-11T08:06:05-05:00

The One Thing I Did Not Forget

I found a relationship poem in a leadership book I came across a number of years ago. I forgot everything else I read in that book, except the poem entitled “Threads.” Odd, isn’t it? A poem about leadership? To be a poet of any worth one needs to be a

The One Thing I Did Not ForgetJohn Certalic2019-07-25T16:54:45-05:00

Something So Simple

Janet and I always look forward to our missionary friends from South America coming into town every three years or so on their home assignment. We’ve known this couple for decades; decades they’ve spent planting and supporting tribal churches along the Amazon River in Brazil. While at lunch with them

Something So SimpleJohn Certalic2019-07-24T09:12:57-05:00

A Haunting Email

I received this email arrived recently from one of our podcast listeners, who also happens to be a personal friend. She wrote: I can’t stop listening to your podcasts. They make me smile. I can’t stop thinking that had I listened to these 4 years ago I would still be

A Haunting EmailJohn Certalic2019-07-19T12:19:20-05:00

Blessing Someone Who is Adopted

Donna, a listener from New York, recently sent an email responding to Episodes 29 and 30 of You Were Made for This. These are the episodes dealing with adoption relationships. Hi John, I haven’t listened to the new one yet, but I really love your podcasts! I listened to the

Blessing Someone Who is AdoptedJohn Certalic2019-07-19T12:20:45-05:00

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