By: Diane Tuttle on April 14, 2025
What I currently believe and why From high school science class, I learned that a parasite is an organism, my brain says a bug, which needs to actually live on another organism, a host, to keep it alive. It feeds off the host which provides nutrition to fuel its life. The problem is that in…
By: Robert Radcliff on April 14, 2025
Clear Thinking by Parrish is a stoic look at decision-making through the lens of taming your natural instincts. Parrish’s point is that we can live deliberate lives by overcoming our defaults with reason. He writes, “The overarching theme of this book is that there are invisible instincts that conspire against good judgment. Your defaults encourage…
By: Noel Liemam on April 13, 2025
Introduction “Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief,” by Jordan Peterson, Canadian clinical psychologist, is about how people come up with meaning of life through history, myth, psychology, and religion. The author attempts to shows the connections of myths, beliefs, science and how people try to understand life.[1] Themes Explored Peterson explores various essential themes…
By: David Weston on April 12, 2025
In 1987, I wandered around the former Byzantine Cathedral of the Greek Orthodox Church in Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul. I was ill-prepared to experience what was about to take place. The Hagia Sophia (also spelled Agia Sophia) was first built in 537 AD during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. In 987, Prince Vladimir…
By: Michael Hansen on April 11, 2025
I was introduced to peer evaluations while attending the United States Military Academy. As a nineteen-year-old, I didn’t glean much from the experience. However, I distinctly remember the results and my follow-up discussion with our tactical officer. We were asked to rank our classmates from our company (floor) and identify five who we would qualify…
By: Ivan Ostrovsky on April 11, 2025
Just when I thought I had read and learned everything about leadership, who knew that picking up the book The Sound of Leadership would provide me with a different perspective and deeper insights! As great as it is, my favorite part describes God as an artist and creator, portraying us as something artistic and special. In the…
By: Jeremiah Gómez on April 10, 2025
And some days weeks months seasons it’s harder than others. When I first picked up Glanzer’s The Sound of Leadership, I read it inspectionally and thought, “Great! A quick and easy read!”[1] What I encountered, though, was a helpful tool intersecting not just in a challenging season but in a week full of unique experiences……
By: Chad Warren on April 10, 2025
We live by stories. As a child, I tried convincing my mom that I had a radio in my head because I could recall music just as I heard it on the radio. I often imagined music playing as I engaged in playful activities, as if I were in a movie. I still love imagining…
By: Alex Mwaura on April 10, 2025
Throughout this semester, several recurring themes have emerged in my mind based on the books we read and our discussions as a cohort. One theme is that the world is in a challenging place. Even though the wisest man declared that “there is nothing new under the sun,”[1] we are facing systemic issues, some of…
By: Joel Zantingh on April 10, 2025
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is a clinical psychologist, author, podcaster, cultural critic and former professor at the University of Toronto. Michelle Butterfield, writing for Global News in December 2024, described Peterson as “a public figure with a huge social media following that people appear to either fully embrace or abhor” [1]. His fame sky-rocketed when…
By: Daren Jaime on April 10, 2025
Trying to read this week’s expansive book, grasping the concepts and topics, and then bringing life application to it all-was a week of chaos. Writing this blog attempts to bring order to it. Order and chaos is the tension of this week’s text: In Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief, Jordan Peterson introduces a…
By: Darren Banek on April 10, 2025
The Cold War had tentacles far beyond the governmental structure of two superpower countries. Following its outbreak in the late 1940s, this unconventional war was marked by a series of pivotal events that had a global impact. There was the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in the spring of 1972 and President Ronald Reagan’s…
By: Adam Cheney on April 10, 2025
This might have been the hardest book yet for me to digest in this program. In his YouTube videos, Jordan Peterson is like the energizer bunny who just keeps going. How is it possible for him to captivate an audience for so long? His book, Maps of Meaning, is so dense that even ChatGPT when…
By: Debbie Owen on April 10, 2025
The story of Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewie captivated me as a child. Back when the only way to rewatch a movie was to return to the theater, I saw each of the original Star Wars films three times. I was especially drawn to Luke’s story—how he grew up quickly, faced his deepest fears with…
By: Graham English on April 10, 2025
During the March 31st Zoom chat, Dr. Clark introduced us to Bloom’s Taxonomy. Bloom’s Taxonomy is a cognitive hierarchy that begins with memorization and sequentially advances through six steps toward creating something new based on what has been previously learned.[1] I will summarize Jordan Peterson’s Maps of Meaning using Bloom’s Taxonomy. Remembering: recognizing and recalling…
By: Robert Radcliff on April 10, 2025
When I started at my current church, we had just come off the mission field and were unsure of what was next for us. We stayed with my wife’s parents for a few months and attended Sarah’s home church. I became co-pastor with Sarah’s dad on September 1, 2019. He was the retired county attorney…
By: Betsy on April 10, 2025
The issue of taking responsibility seems central to the development of a functional society and yet seems to be one that can cause confusion, anger and indignation. Walker asserts that ‘the only proper goal of leadership is this: to enable people to take responsibility.’[1] Yet the general population globally seem to be determined to fight…
By: Jess Bashioum on April 9, 2025
Mission Bells The Sound of Leadership by Jules Glanzer cleverly uses the language of music to give audible sound to Leadership. I appreciate the use of a different sense then sight to understand a concept. Words like harmony and frequency are ones that span several fields that they can be applied to, making a great…
By: Diane Tuttle on April 9, 2025
When I first started reading Maps of Meaning, The Architecture of Belief by Dr. Jordan Peterson, I was overwhelmed with the density of the book. It was difficult to see where one topic ended and another began. I knew this book would require more than a quick read and I am glad that my decision…
By: David Weston on April 9, 2025
I was smitten after reading excerpts from both Neil Postman and Marshall McLuhan’s book as well as Jonathan Haidt’s journal articles on the impact of Social Media, Artificial Intelligence, and the collective impact of these two cataclysmic technologies on our modern societies. This particular statement gave me much pause and elicited some of my own…
