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Influence
People can swallow all kinds of stuff if it’s buried well enough. This can work for good or evil, depending on what we’re burying. For example, liver provides a lot of nutrition to our bodies, but with a… Continue Reading →
Last week, on our evening walk, my husband, dog, and I passed our neighbors’ houses and noticed one lawn freshly mowed, with the one next to it definitely needing mowing. Each one made us notice the other one more. The… Continue Reading →
“Mom, you have authority. You just have to find it in you!” My son declared this to me in reference to my inability to get our dog to listen to me to stop barking. “You know. It’s like being a… Continue Reading →
LEADERS– THE NOTES YOU HUM WILL BECOME THE TUNE THEY SING! In this (or any) crisis time, your attitude is contagious. Whether you’re a top leader that followers are looking up to or a peer-leader that those around you listen… Continue Reading →
It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. Krsihnamurti As a Christian, you may find yourself out of step with society. Don’t be discouraged, you must realize that this world is not your… Continue Reading →
Influence. Some people define leadership this way. All of us desire more of it. Search Google and we’ll find lists of “the 10/20/50/… most influential… (books, movies, people…)”. Why does influence matter so much? Because we want to matter! We… Continue Reading →
The world can be a dark place. One of the reasons is because some people prefer the darkness so that their evil deeds can be hidden, This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men… Continue Reading →
There has been a significant protest concerning remarks made by the CEO of Chick-fil-A in a recent speech. This past weekend Christine Quinn a New York City Council member wrote a letter to the president of New York University. Here’s… Continue Reading →
Years ago (many years ago) as an undergraduate student I read Erich Fromm’s classic, “The Art of Loving”. This summer I reread the book and I was amazed at all that I missed. Fromm has a large number of Biblical… Continue Reading →
“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness” is a Chinese proverb that encourages us to take action about a problem rather than complain about it. Why do we find it easier to complain rather than to… Continue Reading →
The topic of homosexuality has captured the headlines this past week. The dictionary defines tolerance as “a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward those whose opinions, practices, race, religion, nationality, etc., differ from one’s own; freedom from bigotry.” As I… Continue Reading →
Jeanne and I have lived in our house for about 30 years and the condition of our front yard has progressively gotten worse until it was essentially clay and rocks. Every fall I would go out and rake the astro-dirt… Continue Reading →
It’s an important question – actually it’s a matter of life and death. Take a look at this amazing video: http://www.180movie.com/ and listen to the viewpoints of some folks on the boardwalk. What are your thoughts after watching the… Continue Reading →
Time magazine recently named Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of facebook as the man of the year. While many may argue for their favorite selection there is no denying the impact of facebook. Lev Grossman writes, “In less than seven years,… Continue Reading →
