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  • Thought Leaders Born on February 26 Through History

  • Lamenting over Injustice

    Lamenting over the magnitude of injustice, oppression, and wickedness was leading the troubadour to despair. He recounts the agonizing moments that were not left to dangle in meaningless resignation and then, he declares .. " …But when I thought how to understand this,it seemed to me a wearisome task,until I went into the sanctuary of…

  • It Is Time that We Renew Our Sense of Urgency

    The Urge to Change the World The Urge to Change the World The entrepreneurial urge is the motivational edge of men and women who love to develop bold initiatives and who change the world little by little. When Steve Jobs approached John Sculley, then C.E.O. at PepsiCo about coming on board at Apple, he posed this…

  • EMILY MALBONE MORGAN, Lay Leader and Contemplative – Died in 1937

    Died on this day in 1937, Emily Malbone Morgan (December 10, 1862 – February 27, 1937) a prominent social and religious leader in the Episcopal Church in the United States who helped found the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross as well as the Colonel Daniel Putnam Association. At the age of 12,…

  • Born this day in 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician.

    Born this day in 1945 – Allan Boesak, South African cleric and politician. "God speaks, but always in the voice of the voiceless, the defenceless, the powerless. If the powerful do not hear God in this way, they will not hear God at all." "Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere. As long as one person suffers…

  • What Joseph Knew that Enabled Him to Look Past the Past and Prosper

    Swanson, John August. Story of Joseph, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=56562 [retrieved February 23, 2025]. Original source: Estate of John August Swanson, https://www.johnaugustswanson.com/. Genesis 45:3–11, New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?”…

  • Your most important tools for people skills are located on the two sides of your head.

  • Four Freedoms

      On this day, February 20, — Adolf Hitler secretly met with German industrialists to arrange for financing of the Nazi Party’s upcoming election campaign. Many had business ties to companies in the United States. On this day in 1939 — Madison Square Garden Nazi rally: The largest ever pro-Nazi rally in United States history…

  • Hospice, the Final Lap

    In the 80s, I was introduced to hospice through the Vesper Society. As President Jimmy Carter entered Hospice Care over a year before his death, I was reminded of what a gift hospice is to those who are traveling their last miles and to their families. Hospice allows people a dignity that hospital and curative…

  • Wednesday in America

    How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days He used the constitution to shatter the constitution. By Timothy W. Ryback  Follow this link to get a gift of this article which is a timely warning to all who value democratic principles and love what this country aspires to be, via wednesdayinamerica.blogspot.com  https://wednesdayinamerica.blogspot.com/2025/02/this-is-one-of-most-important-pieces-of.html There is more to democracy than…