There are a lot of stereotypes, misconceptions and falsehoods about every population demographic: age, gender, income status, ethnic makeup, nationality and even religion. When these things are not corrected through education and information, they become myths and are accepted as generalized ...
My in-laws lived in Pittsburgh, and when the kids were little, we had only one car. Consequently, when my wife wanted to take them to visit her folks on a Saturday while I was teaching private trumpet lessons, she had to either wait or take the train, and her dad and mom would pick them up at ...
Do know how to be quiet? Have you mastered the art of silence? Stillness? I don鈥檛 mean 鈥渘ot speaking鈥� or 鈥渞efraining from making noise.鈥� The quiet, silence and stillness I am referring to requires a quieting of our thoughts as well. Being still and sitting, comfortably in silence is ...
We are one week into preparation for 2019. Did you take my advice and start answering questions to discover your one word for 2019? This week, my family and I completed the one word creation exercise. After celebrating Christmas together, we sat down at our dining room table and answered the ...
By the time this article goes into print, the New Year will have started. With that, so will countless resolutions to start something. It seems we are hardwired to start things on a defined basis. We set start times or dates based on birthdays, the 1st of the month, Sundays or Mondays, and a ...
Each year, I spend time in December reflecting on the meaning of my one word, the experiences I had related to that word, and the value that word has had on my life in that year. I remember starting the year believing that God was going to do amazing things. Through the acronym ORDER, God ...