Is Forgiveness Enough?
My Dad and I (1970) In honor of Forgiveness Day, which is observed on June 26 this year, my YouTube show this week is about my journey of forgiveness with my father and his Mennonite clan. My father and I hurt one another….
Quieting the Mind
Tai Chi for Quieting the Mind My YouTube show this week features Kim Colegrove. In 2014, Kim lost her husband David, a former police officer, to suicide. She created Pause First: Mindfulness for First Responders to…
Friday Brief-Blog: Precious Time
I Lost Two Friends this Week Lorna Boschmann with her Family Gloria Stephens and I The blogs this week have been about death and dying. On Monday, Dr….
Choosing Compassion Over Fear: A Narrative of Healing
As part of our ongoing series, Choosing Compassion Over Fear, I am featuring some of our most cherished friends and colleagues to discover how they have navigated the landscape of doubt, insecurity, tragedy, and fear to move toward becoming their truest selves….
Thanksgiving 2020
Thanksgiving 2019 – before COVID Even though Americans generally believe that Thanksgiving stems from the highly contested and sparsely documented 1621 harvest feast shared by the pilgrims of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people, it actually began long before that as a day of giving…
Friday Brief Blog: There and Back Again
Happy to say that Ed and I have made it back from our trip to pack up our former home in Arizona. While I’m proud of how quickly and efficiently we were able to achieve our task, I have to admit we really are…