In the mid-80s, the Army War College developed a term to describe the global environment at the end of the Cold War. I use it in our household to describe ever increasing amounts of chaos, looking to my husband and stating with a knowing look, “That’s a whole lotta VUCA.”
A colonel I knew said that when he was deployed to Afghanistan as a battalion commander, he made sure to get the best sleep of anyone in his unit. That seemed odd—shouldn’t he have worked longer and harder, sacrificing his rest for the sake of his soldiers? But he had
On Halloween, my kids excitedly put on their costumes to run house to house for their annual candy-induced sugar high. My four-year-old son wore a full knight costume, complete with helmet, shield, and shining silver sword. Inside this little boy lived a mighty warrior ready for battle. But what did this young knight do first? He poked his two-year-old sister with his plastic sword!
Finding margin and pace for our physical bodies allows us to know God more deeply
“The great thing about faith in God is that it keeps a man undisturbed in the midst of disturbance.” Oswald Chambers
Last week we got news we didn’t want, then a few days later came another challenge we’d prefer not to deal with. Oh, life—ours and yours, no doubt! A friend commented to us, “Chaos is the new normal.” We couldn’t agree more!
Email tdc@navigators.org
Call 719.594.2555
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use
© The Navigators. All Rights Reserved.