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  • A Lifetime of Training, a Moment of Performance – Jesse Owens

    We cannot control all of our opportunities. They come when they come. While we can sometimes create them, that is not always true. Furthermore, we miss most of the opportunities that pass our way. Since an opportunity might arise from… Continue reading

  • Links to Share

    We are all linked in this world, one way or another. The challenge is to find the code to find the connections. We are all interconnected, interdependent, and interwoven with the fabric of life. We are part of each other,… Continue reading

  • Brooding Over Inconsequential Trivia

    Sometimes I brood over inconsequential trivia. Sometimes I wrestle with big questions, issues, and calling. I cannot lead someone else's tribe. I cannot even throw stones at it or its leaders. I really will not because stones are always reciprocated… Continue reading

  • Attitude Opinion Influence – Dialogue in the Public Square Continue reading

  • Desiderata

    Desiderata: Original Text This is the original text from the book where Desiderata was first published. Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on… Continue reading

  • The Weak Are Welcome

    “As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.” — Romans 14:1, ESV We sometimes pounce on the weak with our own opinions. They are struggling to believe, to find their places in God’s… Continue reading

  • Kim Hopper – Love Lifted Me [Live] I was lifting weights one day. I suppose I lifted a bit too much – or for too long — or on top of an injury — or something. No pain, no gain.… Continue reading

  • “I have seen the Lord” – Mary Magdalene

    Sarah Bernhardt as Mary Magdalene (1887), painting by Alfred Stevens. Oil on canvas, 111.8 cm × 77.3 cm (44 in × 30.4 in). Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent I will get this one thing out of the way: Mary Magdalen… Continue reading

  • Feeding 5000 and Water Walking Jesus Present Mark 6 v 30 ff Mark, in his redactor’s comments, observes that the disciples’ hearts were hard and, thus, they were amazed at Jesus’ power and presence. He sites, as a reason for… Continue reading

  • Surviving a Cyber Attack

    We learn lessons every time there is a catastrophe or potential catastrophe like this. I say that we learn them, but I mean that we could learn them if we would pay attention, reflect, consider, plan, execute, and anticipate. Lessons… Continue reading