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Imaginative does not mean Imaginary
The title is part of a quote from author G. K. Chesterton, who goes on to say, "Every true artist does feel, consciously or unconsciously, that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil. In other words, the natural mystic does know that there is something there; something behind the clouds or within the trees; but believes that the pursuit of beauty is the way to find it; that imagination is a sort of incantation that ca
Sarah Brock
Aug 273 min read


The Light Where Stories Begin & End
C.S. Lewis once said of humans that "[w]e seek an enlargement of our being. We want to be more than ourselves. …We want to see with other eyes, imagine with other imaginations; to feel with other hearts as well as our own…We demand windows.” I believe that stories offer us exactly this, and that by choosing to peer through those windows we may develop new ways of seeing and acting within the world and ultimately become more loving humans who inspire the same in others. In thi
Sarah Brock
Aug 154 min read


The Sunken Cost Bias - Why I Struggle to Clean out my Closet
I feel like this is a concept that was a core part of my ORGL program. We know people want different things, are driven by different desires, react differently to situations, and believe different things about the basic structure of the world. When we become embedded or "stuck" in our particular way of seeing the world and lose the ability to see other sides/visions/interpretations, we become less effective as leaders…and as humans. One of my areas of stuckness has to do with
Sarah Brock
May 11, 20233 min read


The Importance of a Hyphen
Within the world of Servant-Leadership theory and application, there is an ongoing conversation about whether the core terms...
Sarah Brock
May 4, 20232 min read


Loving your Third Place - Sharing the Emotional Labor
Our home, however we define that, is our first place, our work is our second place, and we have a third place that is representative of...
Sarah Brock
Apr 29, 20233 min read


The Power of Place - Becoming & Becoming Again
“Place is about geography -- but also about memory and imagination. People make places even as places change people. Places are secured...
Sarah Brock
Apr 26, 20233 min read


The Power of Place - A Gastronomic Journey
I am a self-professed word geek. Etymology fascinates me, and I love diving into deeper and lesser known annotative and qualitative...
Sarah Brock
Apr 25, 20233 min read
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