History & St Patrick's Day Since it was St Patrick's Day yesterday, it got me thinking about Irish history. Actually, it got me thinking about history in general, but more on that later. What I was really pondering was the use of language. Everyone hears about the Irish potato "famine," but that word is incredibly... Continue Reading →
Egomaniac I've been doing a bible study in the book of James this past month and a half. At first, it seemed to me that he was skipping all over the place topic-wise. Then, as I read a little more closely, it struck me that almost the whole book is warning people not to be... Continue Reading →
The Survival Paradox Surviving is good, right? I mean, we all want to survive difficult situations, emergencies, events. But what happens when there are more than one or two events you need to survive? What happens when it seems your life is one crisis after another? When does survival mode become a problem and no... Continue Reading →
Today Is A Wonderful Day “Today is a wonderful day. I have not seen this one before.” - Maya Angelou. It jumped off the screen as I scrolled through LinkedIn Jobs. Someone had posted this quote and I was captivated. I could hear her deep warm voice, her particular cadence and elocution and yet, I’d... Continue Reading →
Lessons In Leadership One thing about Mom was she never minded getting her hands dirty. I'm like her in that way; if I walk down a hall at work and see garbage on the floor, I pick it up. If I see boxes that need to be moved or supplies that need to be distributed... Continue Reading →
Paradigm Shift A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. For example, Covid caused a massive paradigm shift in the American workforce because people realized that they didn't need to be chained to their desks in an office to complete the same amount of work; parents realized that their employers could... Continue Reading →
