January 2010
7 posts
Moved my Blog to WordPress →
I’ve just moved my blog over to WordPress. You can find me @ davesohnchen.wordpress.com. Stop by for a visit.
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Finding the Courage to Speak →
“Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the willingness to act in spite of your fear.” Michael Hyatt gets it right. A lot of leaders need to pull up their big boy pants and learn to speak up when they need. I’m one of them.
Craftsmanship: Another Seth Godin Blog →
I find it pretty tough to find calling. Maybe it’s because true calling can get muddied by the waters of our North American culture; that is to say that we try to live to the expectations of those around us and not follow our true passions.
I just watched “Swift. Silent. Deep.” These pioneers of extreme skiing knew what their calling was and ultimately shaped the face of the...
Live With Haiti In Your Heart →
This has been on my mind in the last 6 months or so as well. Not directly about Haiti obviously, but what does my life say to others? Is it one of selfishness or giving? Is a story that cares for others or my own well being? It’s a tough a thing to reflect on, especially if you’re honest with yourself. It’s painful and frustrating because how do you go about editing your life to...
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"For you, a thousand times over."
I just finished watching The Kite Runner for the first time and was reminded of what a powerful story Khaled Hosseini told. This is a story of real life. Love, pain, heartache, abandonment, betrayal and best of all redemption. Seeing the story and remembering the vivid pictures Hosseini painted with words in his book is enough to brings tears to my eyes.
As I stop and reflect on my brief 27 years...
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'Avatar' = 'Pocahontas' In Space (PICTURE) →
I’ve been thinking a lot about story in the last number of months and, especially after reading Sam McLoughlin’s draft of his final chapter on story, this drives the point home that we have lost the art of story telling. So much so that all it takes to make a movie that grosses over $1B is to change the names of characters in an existing movie and add a bunch of cool effects.
Who is...
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“…It was the ragged vastness of our different spiritual lives that pointed,...”
– Take This Bread by Sara Miles page 265
December 2009
2 posts
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The Lost Art of Storytelling
Have we forgotten how to tell stories? I don’t mean fictional tales meant to entertain but stories from our own histories that give perspective, encouragement and guidance? Think for a moment of the Jewish passover feast which is celebrated to this day. This is a story that has been passed down for centuries from generation to generation telling of how the Jewish people were spared from the...
Ryan Lobo: Photographing the hidden story | Video... →
I just watched this video by Ryan Lobo @ TED and I started to think how growing up in the western culture I’m quick to judge yet reluctant to forgive. I’m more likely to come up with excuses for my actions than I am to admit I’m wrong. I can’t imagine having my legs shot off and forgiving the man who fired the gun. Can you?
November 2009
10 posts
Ideas for Cities - a GOOD Blog →
Interesting brainstorm session on ideas to make cities better. It’s worth checking out.
Press pause and destroy the fast forward button
a-reza:
Sometimes we get presented with the simple — yet no so simple — question:
“When will I begin to really live my life?”
We all feel this powerful longing to start something of our own, to establish and prove ourselves to the world. We are yearning to show what we’re really made of.
Then, on a mundane morning, all that we have in mind now is how badly we’re overly booked. It’s not so...
Our Pain As Encouragement
This morning was a pretty interesting one for me. Every Thursday a group of guys get together over coffee to talk life which almost always turns to matters of the heart. We usually have 4 to 6 show up on any given week but this morning was extraordinary as 10 showed up. As we began to chat it quickly became evident why. Around the table there were no less than 5 men who had had one of the worst...
Life as Art
The quote I posted yesterday pretty much sums up where I’ve been in the last week which is wandering around feeling displaced asking myself “what the heck am I doing here?”
I’ve been reflecting on the introduction to a book I recently picked up, “Found Art” which is where that quote came from. In the book Leeana Tankersly looks at the beauty of her own broken...
“Passion does not produce commitment. Commitment produces passion.” - Roy H Williams http://bit.ly/VjdCQ #quote #fb
Picked up “Found Art” by Leeana Tankersley http://bit.ly/2NUK4k. If all I read is the intro, the book will be well worth it. #fb
“More often than not, we are refugees, working through the seasons of life with...”
– Leeana Tankersly from “Found Art
Just finished #crushit by @garyvee. Now all I gotta do is find out what my passion is. Any suggestions to figure it out, let me know! #fb
I just created a Ping.fm account. It seems to streamline status/blog updating across multiple networks. Check it out. http://ping.fm/cARvs
Just went for a trek around the inlaws 10 acre property. Trey loved it. This was last year but you get the idea http://twitpic.com/po8g2#fb