April 2016

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Not to be trite or casual…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …dying is a part of living. Between now and then, for you, how well do you plan to live? This we have been reminded of four times in the last three weeks. One friend was tragically murdered while trying to help a woman […]

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”‘But…I’m not creative!’” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Even around some of those on the planet with whom I am closest I too often hear this lament. That may be “slightly true” if comparison is being made to some friends who seem to have been born with a extra dose of creativity. BUT…that is

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Let Your Life Speak…” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] …Is the title of Parker Palmer’s small but potent book. It has become one of the most valuable books in my personal library. I first picked it up and read it in 2003 at the encouragement of a good friend. This is a big statement,

[blox_column width=”1/1″][/blox_column][blox_heading title=”Stop yer bellyaching!” size=”h3″ style=”style5″ animation=”none”][/blox_heading][blox_text animation=”none”] Growing up as a kid way back in the 1940’s and 50’s, this was my father’s comment to me from time to time. Those three words, sternly offered, meant that I had a limited about of time to change my emotions and attitude, get a better