S3 E11 What does it mean to grow old gracefully? Welcome to a serious, but light-hearted conversation between two 'old men' who at the time of recording were only 69 and 56 years young!

S3 E10 Is it possible to enjoy lasting friendship – friendship so good that it lasts forever?  In a cynical, complex and challenging world, we might wonder at the idea. Cultural forces of individualism, loneliness and suspicion question the ideal. And personal stories of betrayal and disappointment plague our ability to try or trust again. 

S3 E09 There is a dark side to friendship that destroys relationships and damages people. In this 2nd episode of our 3-part series on friendship, we look at how we can apply wisdom to guard against friendship’s dark side.

S3 E08 Friendship allows us to be the best of ourselves. It confirms what we know to be true – that we were made for relationships. Yet many people lack friendship in their lives.

S3 E07 The path to a fulfilling life isn’t always what it seems. Our culture tells us all sorts of stories about what can make us happy. For example, you can be successful and then relax....

S3 E6 How do you define success? This is our third and final conversation with Mark Greene, author of “Thank God It’s Monday: Flourishing in Your Workplace”. God is interested in all of our life including the work we are doing. Our work can be an opportunity to bless and serve others in the midst of our more mundane responsibilities.

S3 E5 We continue our conversation with Mark Greene, author of the book “Thank God It’s Monday: Flourishing in Your Workplace”. Mark is passionate about whole life integration so that our faith and work are not separate from each other, but a continuation of who I am.. This is the second of a three-part interview with him.

S3 E4 How can the work I do better reflect the person I am and aspire to be? To help us answer that question we have the privilege of interviewing Mark Greene. Mark is currently Mission Champion at the London Institute of Contemporary Christianity. He is also author of the book "Thank God It's Monday: Flourishing in Your Workplace".

S3 E03 The way we look at the world and ourselves profoundly impacts the way we live our lives. In a world of so much cynicism, complexity and confusion, wisdom can help us move forward with less emotional baggage and more hope, awe and wonder with the daily decisions we have to make. How can we unpack what we mean by wonder?

We are arguably the most overstimulated and under-reflective generation in all of world history. Do join us in this 30 minute conversation as we explore timeless truths about what it means to live with awe and wonder in a cynical world.

We have an exciting and fascinating series of conversations in store for you in this new series of the Dancing With Wisdom Podcast!

S2 E16 The place of discipline in learning to grow in wisdom

S2 E15 Silence, solitude, and a deep relationship with God though His word are often in competition with an inner restlessness, worry and anxiety. How do we tap into the wisdom of silence? In this podcast, Sunil and Elliot discuss the power of solitude, and what we can find when we can comfortably sit in silence.

S2 E14 The legacy I leave in the lives of others. Do join us in this conversation as we seek to live with confidence, joy, and the responsibility of knowing our life has consequences.

13 Dancing With Wisdom: What should I do? The question of discerning what I am uniquely called to do.

12 Dancing With Wisdom: Who matters to me? In case you're wondering the picture is of me around early 1968 with the friends from the street where we lived at the time in Allahabad, India. I am the one on the lower step at the front. We have no idea of what lies in store for each of us in the future! Life only makes sense in the context of relationships. That is the conclusion I have come to after many years of questioning and searching. When relationships are going well there can be no...

11 Dancing With Wisdom: The problems of basing my identity on my performance. "How does wisdom equip and empower us to live life such that we rise above the meaninglessness and mediocrity around us and the different challenges we face?" That is the opening question of chapter 8 of the Dancing With Wisdom book. To answer that question we begin by raising the question of identity or being - who am I called to be? It is the most fundamental question of my personal existence. We are, after...

Exploring the subject of wisdom is like looking at different facets of a diamond and even more so when we add an infinite reference point. As my co-host Elliott Frisby and I continue our conversation on what it means to define wisdom with respect to the Divine, we face the insight that our secular world conditions us to believe this life is all there is and that is all that matters. However, the fact is all religious traditions for thousands of years are agreed there is more to life...

In our quest for wisdom it is vital to grasp that this is much more than simply making better decisions or getting what we think is best for us. Understanding wisdom in all its richness gets to the heart of what it means to be human. It is as intense as thinking about the wonder of a baby’s birth. While the physiological and genetic details of birth are well understood and documented, a scientific approach does not account for the wonder of bringing a new life into the world. I remember as...

Do you find some people really annoying? The things they say or the way they behave can be so bothersome and irritating. I know I do and I am sure I am not alone in that! We say things like ‘she makes me so mad’ or ‘he frustrates and irritates me so much’. And maybe there are legitimate things that the other person says or does which are understandably frustrating and annoying. However, the diagram below (from Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) challenges...

"What you don't know can't hurt you." Such is a famous English saying. The problem is it assumes much which is frankly wrong. Think of a fish (hang in with me, this is going somewhere!) If you ask a fish to describe the water it is swimming in, and if it could answer, it would not know what to say because the water is all it knows about its existence. The water just is and naturally cannot be questioned as it is assumed to be always there. Now, surprise surprise, we are not fish...

What do you think of when you hear the word idols? Eastern religious statues or the famous world-wide TV show popularised by Simon Cowell? Whatever your answer I want to show you how essential understanding our own personal idols and removing them are to learning to dance with wisdom.  There are many secular and religious examples of idols. Indeed more than 500 years ago Martin Luther described the human heart as 'an idol factory'. What did he mean by that? Is such a statement still...

Do you have an ego problem? A few years ago I had an argument with my wife, Sally and I was challenged by how my ego was actually making things worse. But, before we get to that, what do we actually mean by ego? When we talk of someone having an ego, we're more than just stating a fact and we're certainly not offering them a compliment! The truth is we all have an ego. On our quest for wisdom why can ego cause such great problems in our own lives and the lives of others? Is there such a...

How do you navigate through life so as to not just survive, but actually thrive and even dance through the confusion and mess?  That is much easier said than done! More than we care to admit life is so often full of challenges and complex situations where we can feel at the end of our resources. How do we navigate our way through for the greater good of ourselves and others? In this podcast conversation we discuss the subject of wisdom for life. It's only a small subject to cover in 25...