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Three words on a book jacket stopped me: The Great Perhaps. An essay on what happens when life begins to feel settled, why settling may be a greater danger than failure, and why hope requires imagination. The question isn’t whether the circumstances are right — it’s what might still be possible with the life you actually have.
Every leader today is navigating a storm. Culture, politics, education, business, faith — all of it is shifting faster than most of us can track. Add the rise of AI and virtual reality, and the ground keeps moving beneath our feet. The old assumptions don’t hold the way they used to. The familiar landmarks keep …
Walking the Way | Enspirit I watched the Odyssey last night with Lucas and Rob. I’d known Homer’s epic poem for years—read it, taught it, referenced it in sermons. But watching it unfold on screen was something different. Something personal. By the time it was over, I sat quietly for a moment, because I realized …
Not long ago, I watched a young man unpack a brand-new phone. He held it with that familiar, universal excitement. The screen glowed. The edges were flawless. For a few moments, it felt as though he were holding the future in the palm of his hand. And then a strange thought came to me. In …
Reflections on America’s 250th Birthday “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”— Walt Whitman A couple of years ago, Vickie and I sailed into New York Harbor. I had seen the Statue of Liberty before, but not from the deck of a ship at dawn. Nothing quite prepares you for the moment she appears …
Walking the Way | Enspirit Sagrada Família I want to tell you about a man who began building a cathedral he knew he would never see finished. His name was Antoni Gaudí. The year was 1883. And the building he devoted his life to—the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain—is still being completed today, more than …
Sometimes the hardest part of beginning again is resisting the temptation to go backward. Drawing on the journey of Robert Plant after Led Zeppelin, this reflection explores the courage it takes to leave behind familiar identities and learn to sing a new song.
Many people don’t stop growing because they fail. They stop because they settle. I came across a phrase not long ago that has stayed with me: “The Great Perhaps.” It’s the idea that beyond what we can currently see, there is still more. More life.More meaning.More possibilities. But there are seasons—personally and in leadership—when everything …
Begin Again Series By Robert White | Enspirit.blog I came across the phrase almost by accident. It was on the jacket of a book I picked up in an airport bookstore—one of those moments when a line finds you before you fully understand why it matters. "The Great Perhaps." Three words that felt both mysterious …
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Beginning again isn’t always about changing direction—it’s about renewal. When leaders grow weary or lose alignment with what matters most, transformation often begins within. In this reflection from the Begin Again series, Robert White explores how self-renewal restores clarity, purpose, and the inner capacity needed to lead forward.
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