Here we are in the first week of November. And once again, we've just gone through that annual ritual that somehow manages to annoy just about everybody: changing the clocks. Every year, people debate whether…
WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO
It is hard to believe that the film Les Miserables was released 11 years ago. I never saw the film but had seen the original Broadway production that it was based on I think twice…
NEWS WE COULD USE
A few weeks ago, a story on the front page of an international newspaper seemed out of place. Amidst the, sadly usual headlines, discussing worries over the economy; the horror of the war in Ukraine;…
ARE YOU BLESSED?
ARE YOU BLESSED? Just asking that question can trigger a wide variety of responses. A quick google search of some headlines can illustrate what I mean: “Despite devastating loss after tornado, Pasadena neighbors say they’re blessed.”…
NO ORDINARY DAY
When did you experience a day when nothing would be the same again? One of those milestone moments in your life. A thing that you can point to as something that definitively altered things for…
THERE’S NO APP FOR THIS
Has there ever been a day or age that has had more opportunities for ease and convenience than the times we are living in right now? From the most mundane and ordinary to things that…
PROTECT YOUR JOY
Name something good that’s come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Working with college students and trying to engage them in a variety of different ways - one of the things we like to do…
IN THE NEW YEAR, ADVICE FROM MOM
One of the hardest things for us as human beings to do in life can be letting go of old hurts. How often have we heard someone say, or even said ourselves "What you did…
CHRISTMAS 2022: Do you Hear, See, JOY?
A couple of weeks ago, some media outlets including Rolling Stone, and Yahoo released a list of the 10 least favorite Christmas songs as determined by a poll of over a thousand adults. Curiosity and…