“Get yourself grounded and you can navigate even the stormiest roads in peace.”― Steve Goodier If you examine an electrical outlet, you will find three wires. Hot. Neutral. Ground. Without the ground the chance...
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Playing the Hand You’re Dealt by Rev. George Baum
“Fear not! For I am with you. Do not be discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, and help you. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.” Context: Isa 41: 8-10 – The prophet Isaiah speaks words of encouragement to God’s people who are...
A New Kind of Independence Day!
Happy Fourth of July All! The day is sure to be replete with lots sizzling fireworks not to mention those sizzling scents from the grill—be it steaks, hamburgers and hot dogs or veggie burgers, corn, and asparagus. This is a day for celebration. And while hopefully no...
Healing with Acronyms: MISFIT
Manifest Inner Strength Find Individual Truth Remember the “island of misfit toys” in Rudolph? The winter wonderland where all the oddball toys huddled in the cold with tear-streamed faces lamenting how once again Santa left them behind and they’d...
Embracing the Power of Love by Jesus Nebot
INTRODUCTION This report is a summary of the main ideas I shared at the last National Conference On Race and Ethnicity in New York City where I was invited to make a presentation on the topic “Beyond Tolerance”. After leading the participants into a discussion about...
Self Control by Dean Nixon
To truly be the master of our own lives we must first learn to master ourselves. The power of self-control as an ally in the quest for peace is essential for understanding truth. It provides discipline and limits the self-destructive thoughts and behaviors. It is...
Search Engine Optimization Integrity – It Pays to Develop A Long-Term Strategy by Amanda Engel
If you have a website then chances are you’ve heard of search engine optimization or SEO. In simple terms, SEO is the idea of optimizing your website to rank as high as possible in the search engines (preferably page one of the results and within the top few listing)....
Reflections from the Pond–Integrity and the Blank Canvas by Betsy Lohrer Hall
A well-trained Olympic diver neatly parts the water as she enters it—she barely makes a ripple. Thinking or acting with integrity is much like this. It is clear and direct, and it may seem effortless. But it is not easy; it takes practice. So today, I practice. I...
Healing with Acronyms: GRIEF
Gratitude Remembrance Inspiration Eulogize Forever I had intended to write this week about a lighter topic and word—DORK. Unfortunately the reality inherent to the experience and the word itself, grief, struck fast and furiously. And as is often the case...
Anger–A Daughter’s Rage at Alzheimer’s by P.J. McIlvaine
We were sitting in a restaurant--me, my mother, and the jerk who eventually became her second husband (he was also the creep who tried to molest me under the guise of fatherly pretense). He went on and on about how much he loved my mother, that my brother and I had...