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Blog: One Year of Mourning

On a personal note… Today marks a year since my mother died. She was blessed to live to the age of 93, grateful to God for every day of her beautiful life. And she said so in a StoryCorps interview recorded when she turned 90. I played the clip … [Read more...]

Feature: Monday Club #396

GOING BACK, MOVING FORWARD By Hannah Brenchner I'm writing to you tucked in the corner of an eclectic Mexican restaurant located in C terminal at the Charlotte airport. I'm not even that hungry. It's more for symbolic reasons that I'm even … [Read more...]

Blog: Different Religions

Last Wednesday, I shared an op-ed from the Washington Post with a message about Islamophobia, fear, hatred, and/or bigotry against Muslims. The author referred to a joke by popular comedian Aziz Ansari about how to stop it. I included a video clip … [Read more...]

Blog: Moment Such as This

Perhaps you were born for a moment such as this. Esther 4:14 It’s my favorite bible quote. The story goes like this. An ordinary woman finds herself in a circumstance where she becomes a queen married to a powerful king. She didn’t expect it, … [Read more...]

Feature: Is God Male, Female, They, Them?

There's a lot of talk these days about gender identity. I'm getting tired of it. I'm fine with she/her, he/him, and I'm respectful of all they/thems who are coming to terms with a non-binary identity. But there is one element of gender identity I … [Read more...]

Feature: When is God Close?

Seek God where He is to be found, call Him when He is close. Isaiah 55:6 The sages were puzzled by this verse. When is God not close? Surely God is everywhere. Their answer was profound. God is always close to us, but we are not always close to … [Read more...]

Blog: Reflections on a Mass Shooting

Today, July 4, 2022, a mass shooter invaded my world. You probably watched it on T.V. It was 10:15 a.m. and the 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois was getting underway. A local boy climbed on the roof of a store. He had an automatic weapon … [Read more...]

Feature: Spiritual Values

Here's a list of sixty spiritual virtues to use as a thoughtful exercise to celebrate your spiritual strength and help you recognize what you need to work on as you strive to be your very best … [Read more...]

Story: Getting it Right at the End

I went to the driving range the other day and I was thinking... I was thinking how you start out with a big bucket of golf balls, and you just start hitting away carelessly. You have dozens of them, each individual ball means nothing so you just … [Read more...]

Feature: Simple Solutions

When you've got a complicated problem, try one of these simple solutions. "I'm sorry." "I love you." "Forgive me." "You were right." "Maybe my mother was right." "I'll just let it go." "It's not really that important." … [Read more...]