Below is a collection of Dr. McGlaughlin’s most recent observations (500+). Most of these observations are made throughout the course of everyday life, captured by dictation, and added to FlintsNotes.com. You can read more about the observation capture process here. The content here changes 5 days a week, so be sure to check back often. Also, feel free to leave a comment in the comments section of each observation.

December 6, 2007

On Augustine and Introspection, Syncretism, Language, and Conversion

Introspection: Having read The Confessions, and having read a recent biographer’s work on St. Augustine, I still did not realize the significance of Augustine’s introspective writings. […]
December 4, 2007

On Maintaining a Spiritual Center in the Midst of Activity

It seems important to move through the business day ensconced in some form of spiritual cocoon. Now at first this may sound surreal, but if one […]
December 1, 2007

On Simplifying the Task of Planning

I wonder if a Christian walk may be simplified to the simple act of hearing and obeying. It seems as though the complexities of my journey […]
December 1, 2007

On the Focus of My Work at Transforming Business

The more and more I contemplate the work that needs to be done, the more convinced I am that there is a certain alignment of business […]
December 1, 2007

On the Preponderance of Words

Too many words. Too many words. Far too many words. I just returned, again, from the local book store where, for once, I went determined not […]
November 15, 2007

On Living with My Whole Body

Children play using their whole body. They live with their whole body. If you watch them for a few moments only, you will notice that their […]
November 15, 2007

On Holding on to a Truth while You Search to Validate the Same

I am not sure that I have ever hungered for the truth. Because of the culture I have grown up with, a Christian culture, I have […]