“Finding Your Truest Self” – Introducing Podcast Season Three
President Jimmy and Mrs. Carter with Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity (my first guest this season) Are you committed to bringing forth the best in yourself? Have you invested significant time...
Newsflash from Portland, Oregon: They’re Bad and We’re Good, Right?
Photo Source: Nathan Howard in the Willamette Week A newscaster reported today (August 7, 2020) that “The mayor of Portland, Oregon, a city wracked by nearly 70 consecutive nights of unrest, on Thursday angrily denounced those who...
“We Find What We Look for in Life — So Be Mindful of What You Seek” – My Interview with Arno Michaelis
I am truly honored to bring you the thinking of today's guest, Arno Michaelis, a public speaker, author and activist for peace and justice. He was formerly a leader of the white power movement and a...
Friday “Brief-Blog”: Extraordinary Spark of Youth
In this week's blogs, I described the extraordinary lives of John R. Lewis, and my father John R. Schmidt. I offered my thoughts about what I must do for my life to become more extraordinary. As is often the case in my Friday...
Personal Transformation: What Makes a Life Extraordinary?
In Monday’s blog, I wrote about the extraordinary lives of two ordinary men: John R. Lewis and John R. Schmidt. I described their remarkable achievements, but never addressed the question: If these two men were ordinary but...
Personal Transformation: Good and Necessary Trouble
John R. Lewis 1940–2020 John Lewis was a politician and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death on July 17, 2020 from pancreatic cancer. Lewis was one of the “Big...
Friday Blog: Many Reasons to Fight for Justice
Two of My Favorite Boys Fighting for justice for the oppressed today makes this a better world for all of us tomorrow – particularly for the upcoming generations.
Personal Transformation: Becoming Comfortable with Discomfort
My Niece in the WALLOFMOMS, Portland, Oregon, July 22, 2020 All my life, I have learned to do whatever was needed to avoid pain and discomfort. And when distress and pain inevitably found me and disturbed my comfortable life, I...
Friday Blog: Finding Our Own Unique Path
My Goofball Grandsons “Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” - Jodie Foster
“We’re Living Either in Love or in Fear” – My Interview with Tom DeWolf
I am honored to introduce today's guest, Thomas DeWolf. Tom serves as executive director for Coming to the Table, which is a nonprofit that...