Embracing Civility – Sunday, February 24, 2019
We’ve all experienced it: a family member, a coworker, or a perfect stranger says or does something to us that is downright rude. Maybe it...
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First in the Hearts of His Countrymen – Sunday, February 17, 2019
According to popular legend, an officer in the Revolutionary War once directed his men to fell some trees and construct a much-needed bridge. As the...
For Love to Flourish – Sunday, February 10, 2019
To be human is to love. We become our best and truest selves only when we stop focusing on ourselves and start loving others. Love...
Looking or Seeing? – Sunday, February 3, 2019
Can your eyes be fooled? It actually happens every day. What looks like a leaf sometimes turns out to be a well-camouflaged insect. A shadow...
Our Lifeline – Sunday, January 27, 2019
You don’t have to be a sailor or even a swimmer to know what it feels like to be thrown overboard into a stormy sea...
To Be a Saint – Sunday, January 20, 2019
Nelson Mandela spent nearly 27 years of his life in prison, from age 45 to age 71, for his efforts to end racial segregation in...
Allowing Change over Time – Sunday, January 13, 2019
Not long ago, a man ran into an old high school friend, one he had not seen for many decades. He remembered his classmate as...
Of Bridges and Transitions – Sunday, January 06, 2019
Life is often compared to a pathway. And, as most of us know by experience, that pathway is rarely smooth and straight. Rather, it takes...
A Year of Possibilities – Sunday, December 30, 2018
As we close the calendars on one year, we open them to another. We reflect on days past and anticipate days ahead; we look back...