

Spend more time looking within
The phrase "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" has been on my mind these last few days. It's from a Bible story. NOTE: I am...


What's working?
What's working? It's time to take a pause and ask yourself what's working. We are in the middle of a notable four months in world...


Pay closer attention
I’ve lived here since 1957, more or less my whole life, first on one side of town, then the other. I left at the usual time, explored the...


Today, I rested
Today, I rested. You should rest, too. We are in busy times. Our bodies are marching, our eyes are reading and seeing, our mouths are...


Walking in someone else's shoes
In 1895, a Michigan poet, preacher, suffragist, and temperance reformer named Mary T. Lathrap wrote a poem called "Judge Softly." In...


Shine your light bright
I have often said that darkness does not exist unto itself; it is merely the absence of light. Light is always there; truth is always...


Begin again
Every time I turn the calendar to a new month, I have an eager sensation of starting anew. It's not my first June but it's a new June, a...


Help wanted. Inquire within.
For Memorial Day, I am taking a holiday, so I went back and adapted an email from 10/1/2018, as apt now as ever: From time to time, we...


Keep on keeping on
I got a couple of emails this week that troubled me. Since I profess to aspire to help people live with compassion for themselves and...


Don't be discouraged
I felt a little discouraged this past week. I suppose a lot of us did. We haven't had strong national leadership on the pandemic, various...
