Barnabas File

While introducing me to a group last fall, my friend Bo Prosser said, “Ircel has shown an ability to reinvent himself.”   I felt complimented by this observation and readily embrace it.   Although my vocational bent has been Christian ministry, I have had the opportunity to pursue that vocation in several ways—pastoral leader, campus minister, denominational worker, and now as a coach and educator.    Some of this has been intentional but there have also been times when, in the providence of God, doors have opened that I did not expect.   I say this to be very clear that there are some things that we do not orchestrate in our lives, but even so we can develop a mindset that is open to learning, inquiry, and personal growth that provides new insights and prepares us for the unexpected. Learning is a key to this idea of reinvention.   In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Monique Valcour suggested some intentional steps one can take to...