Sep 10, 2024
Stories from the Book Crucible
Leadership: Abraham Lincoln on the Character to Build a Team of
Rivals
The best people possible. That’s who Abraham Lincoln drafted for
his Cabinet during the most precipitous time in U.S. history. And
most of them weren’t the biggest fans of the country’s 16th
president.
This...
Sep 3, 2024
Kind, compassionate words are
life-giving to us when spoken by others after we’ve been through a
crucible. And they’re also life-giving to us when we speak them to
others .. a truth the main characters in the movie TOY STORY learn
when their initial rivalry turns into an unlikely friendship.
This week, in the 9th...
Aug 27, 2024
Compassion and empathy. Two traits
that help elevate Rocky Balboa out of his hardscrabble life as a
small-time boxer who will need both his fists of stone and his
heart of gold to escape the crucibles that have dogged him most of
his life.
This week, in the eighth episode of our summer series CLASSIC
FILMS, CLASSIC...
Aug 20, 2024
Courage. It’s indispensable to our pursuit of a life of significance in the wake, and especially in the midst, of a crucible. That’s one of the key truths we unpack in our discussion of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, the latest movie from the American Film Institute’s Top 100 we discuss in...
Aug 13, 2024
Classic Films, Classic Crucible Lessons VI: To Kill a Mockingbird
One person doing the right thing. That sums up succinctly TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, the movie we discuss this week on the sixth episode of our summer series, CLASSIC FILMS, CLASSIC CRUCIBLE LESSONS.
The person who keeps doing the right thing in this movie...