Sculpting Project 18: My Mind in Time Week 2

Sculpting Project 18: My Mind in Time Week 2 The 4-year-old sits in the room alone with one marshmallow in front of her. Her dilemma: eat the one marshmallow right now or wait until the adult comes back and receive two marshmallows. What will she choose? 2/3’s of the children choose to eat the one…

Sculpting Project18: My Mind in Time: Week 1

Sculpting Project18: My Mind in Time Week 1 How we orient to time makes a big difference in how we live our lives. Philip Zimbardo (most known for his psychological studies at Stanford) and John Boyd have identified 7 primary ways we orient to time. Here is a quick test I created to help you…

Sculpting Project 17: Built to Play: Week 2

Sculpting Project 17: Built to Play: Week 2 Play is our genetic birthright. When God created our complex brains he designed them to operate best when our lives include play. In the 1920’s a Stanford research team began along term study of gifted-children. One of their discoveries was that those who played the most lived…

Sculpting Project 17: Built to Play: Week 1

Sculpting Project 17: Built to Play: Week 1 In the animal kingdom the more complex the brain the more a creature plays. We have the most complex brains of all. We are built to play. And it is not just children who have been built for play. Humans continue to play into adulthood more than…

Sculpting Project 16: Time stopping ( On thoughts ) Week 2

Sculpting Project 16: Time stopping ( On thoughts) Week 2 In my garden I have many types of plants. Some of the plants arrived in my garden as a seed I planted or a transplant I placed in the soil. Some plants are perennial, coming up in the same place year after year. Some plants…

Sculpting Project 16: Time Stopping: Week 1

Sculpting Project 16: Time Stopping: Week 1 To learn to pray we must” establish ourselves in the present” and to do that we must first learn “that the present exists.” Archbishop Anthony Bloom I am attending God’s early morning art and music concert from my porch. He puts on this amazing show every day. Always…