We are hurtling through life. At least that’s what it feels like to me. I find myself constantly shocked that we are halfway through a month or at another change of seasons or I realize that I am more than two thirds through my life. (Three fourths?!) It’s not that I...
There is this one old-school thing that Penny and I do somewhat religiously. Almost every night, we sit down together and watch the NBC Evening News with Lester Holt. Yeah, it’s just a skim of the day’s news but it’s mildly orienting and strangely comforting to have...
Wow…it’s been a while since I have written! I’ve got a pretty good excuse. For much of the month of March I was not well. Not until I had been suffering for a bunch of weeks, did we discover through a CT scan that I had a large kidney stone lodged in my body that...
Got friends? A few weeks ago I asked a set of questions that, if answered honestly, would give you an indication of the strength of your community…your tribe. Here are some of the questions I asked: Who could you call in the middle of the night to take you to the...
If you are feeling a little lost or unmoored these days, it is likely, in part, because you don’t know who your friends are. Who can I trust? Who is safe? Who believes in me? You’d never say that out loud…you don’t want to come off as needy but, let’s be honest,...
In my last blog and newsletter, I introduced a topic that I plan to consider “out loud” for the next few weeks, the apparent decline of community and relationships in our world. I was really curious what my readers thought about the issue and invited your perspective....
A few months ago, I had a conversation with an acquaintance I had not seen in a couple of years. As we caught up on our lives, I asked him if he was still meeting regularly with a group of close friends who’d been together for years. He told me that, unfortunately,...
I have started and deleted a number of posts reflecting on the two mass murders that are gripping our nation. I have listened to and read many opinions regarding solutions to our “plunge backward and downward toward barbarism”. Some responses have been thoughtful and...
I feel like I can’t say this enough… ”You were built to count as water is made to run downhill. You were placed in a specific context to count in ways that no one else does. That is your destiny.” Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy Whatever your destiny is, it...
One of the catalysts in the Big Quit, the recent flood of resignations hitting businesses these days, is the dream of having a job that provides more personal meaning. This is a good thing if the end result…the new job… allows an individual to contribute in...
