Author Archives: Steve Piscitelli

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(#422) Ask. Listen. Act.

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Noise abounds as people tell us what we should and should not. Perhaps we do the same to others. I stood in the back of an auditorium in New Mexico.  In ten minutes, I would be introduced to an audience … Continue reading →

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(#421) Step Out, Stretch, and Experience

Posted on June 17, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

You make your partner look good. The scene is never about you…. When we learn we either acquire new skills and knowledge or modify old structures of knowing and doing.  It helps us adapt, change, survive, grow, and thrive.  The … Continue reading →

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(#420) Trust As A Core Value

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Everyone has a story and our job is to listen. A few decades years after the Civil War, Clara White, a former slave, saw a need and took action in her Jacksonville, Florida neighborhood.  Some of her neighbors did not … Continue reading →

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(#419) What If It Were All Gone?

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

We allow ourselves to get overwhelmed by the “stuff” of life. We end up taking a lot for granted. We may even have GDD.   Gratitude Deficit Disorder. This past week I’ve been devouring gratitude. Actually, devouring three works by … Continue reading →

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(#418) Helping A Village Find Its Voice

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Listen and respect one another. Find your voice. Use your voice. Pursue your rainbows.  We have heard that the village raises up a child.  What do we do, however, if the village has inadequate infrastructure, health disparities, high crime and poverty, … Continue reading →

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(#417) Gratitude

Posted on May 20, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Simple acts of gratitude offered, received, and witnessed. Note to my readers: Today’s post marks the beginning of the 9th year of this weekly blog. Thank you for following, sharing, and commenting.  I am grateful. Gratitude can manifest in any … Continue reading →

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(#416) A Safe Place to Land

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

I kept hearing about the connections between congregants and neighborhood, congregants and congregants, as well as congregants and their own souls. Consider this. It’s 1993. You are an exuberant minister with a young and growing family.  You walk into a … Continue reading →

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(#415) Does the Disturbance Disturb You?

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

We limit our own growth and spiritual development. “I’ll be really happy if Negative Neil doesn’t come to the party.”  I go to the party. Sure enough, Negative Neil attends. I grouse, complain, and shuffle off to a corner to … Continue reading →

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(#414) Come Together: Food, Friends, and Family

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

The food might have brought us together; the bonding kept us coming back. The word hygge or coziness comes to us from the Danes and it describes the feeling associated with “good drinks, good friends, and conversation” says Dan Buettner. … Continue reading →

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(#413) Don’t Figure It Out

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Steve Piscitelli

Leave room…develop the concept…be free…listen. My current improv instructor reminded the class last week to “get out our heads” and embrace the present. No script. Enhance your partner’s offer. Sense what exists in front of yourself in any given scene. … Continue reading →

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