Open the Day and Head Home
A long time ago, I really cared nothing about baseball. It was pretty boring to watch, kind of slow, hard to understand, complex, plus I...
Being Forced to Self-Care
Every time the TV is on, we hear about COVID- 19 and its effects all over the world. We wonder if we are next or if our parents and...
The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth!
My tooth was killing me. I had never really had a toothache, so I didn’t know what I was missing. I know now. I called my dentist’s...
The Midwinter of Equity Leadership
One of my spiritual practices is to sit on my front porch each morning and just be in creation. I usually offer prayers, but mostly I...
Failing in Public
I don’t particularly care to make New Year’s Resolutions. I read somewhere that over 80% of people have failed to keep their resolutions...
Way of Being
We are finding more and more that folks in leadership positions want someone to talk to. Actually, most just want someone who will listen...
Sounds of Silence
The Sounds of Silence Silence… quiet… solitude… things I feared and thought I hated in my younger age. Things I now crave and long for in...
Use Your Outside Voice
Looking out over the mountains…I am in the hills of Western North Carolina this week as a facilitator in a retreat with teacher leaders...
In Health as in Sickness
I was sick recently… Sunday morning, I woke trying to get to a church service that began at 7:45. I did not feel great, so I decided to...
We Don't Know
Lately, I have found myself saying and hearing the phrase, “You don’t know what you don’t know” quite a bit. It seems silly when you say...
