THE PRINCIPLE: Interested people are interesting people
THE QUESTION: What are you interested in at the moment?
On a recent episode of the White Horse Inn podcast they interviewed Jim Gilmore, author of "Look: A Practical Guide to Improving Your Observation Skills," and they made mention of creating a culture of curiosity and fanning into flame areas of interest. He suggested/challenged the listeners to create an alphabetical list of areas of interest or intrigue, things you want to know more about or are currently engaged in learning. Hence...
Antifragility (essence/application)
Apostles' Creed (timeless and timely)
Boundaries (essence/application)
Chrestomathy (building body of "go to's")
Chesterton (currently reading Orthodoxy)
Doug Wilson (discipleship)
Differentiated Leadership (essence/apply)
Elephant Room (watch rest of videos)
Family Table (apply)
Finances (save, plan)
Family Planning (plan, discuss)
Grit (essence/apply)
Hamartiology (study of sin - Greek)
Hymnody (study, discover new/old songs)
Inconsistency at CG (attendance fluctuation)
Jesus Storybook Bible (in queue for kids)
Kreeft (excited to reread 3 Philosophies of Life)
Liturgy (timeless and timely)
Masculinity (Art of Manliness)
Nicene Creed (learn)
Our Last Night (music)
Proverbs (study)
Plodcast (podcast)
Quality/Quantity Time (learning/teaching)
Regulative Principle (essence/application)
Salt Company Students (dating, discipleship)
Shakespeare (sonnets - procreation)
Staff hires (Anthem Church future)
Teleology (study of purpose, design)
The Biggest Story (reading with kids)
Underwriting (why adj often make switch)
Van (need larger vehicle for larger fam)
Vacation (relates to van)
White Horse Inn (podcast)
Wisdom (growing bank of wisdom)
Xtra Cash (saving for larger expenses)
Yes (making our home less, "No")
Zwingli (study life and work)
Q: What are you interested in? What do you wish you were interested in?
Force yourself to complete an alphabetical list to stimulate and document your growing curiosities.
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