Maintaining community in the face of conflict, negotiating healthy interpersonal dynamics, and striving intentionally for an equitable distribution of power are all tenets of servant-leadership, a philosophy formed by the simple… Read More »A Better Way
The world’s heart hangs heavy in her bosom this week. A soccer stadium full of people, a concert hall full of people, restaurants full of people. Now more than 130 dead… Read More »Voices of Hope
“ … Jesus said to him, ‘What do you want me to do for you?’ The blind man said to him, ‘My teacher, let me see again.’ Jesus said to… Read More »Alleluia
At the end of the masterful television series “30 Rock,” which I recently enjoyed in binge-fashion, several story lines come together. Events in actor Tina Fey’s life happened also in… Read More »Matryoshka Dolls
Upside down cake – cake on the bottom; pineapples on top. Finished off with a flourish of shiny red Maraschino cherries. Roller coasters: straight up, straight down, loop, loop. Upside… Read More »Upside down cake
Georgia death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner was executed two weeks ago for her role in the killing of her husband. My friend Anne Elizabeth Swiedler stood vigil outside the state’s… Read More »Death and New Life
EVOO. Mysterious code on restaurant menus. What could it mean? I imagine that virtually all of you – if not all of you – knew what EVOO means before I… Read More »EVOO
Recently, a radio program discussed a survey concluding that cats do not feel love. The results indicated that when cats rub up against our legs and meow at us, it’s… Read More »Crayon Markings on the Wall
We know the story. United Airlines flight 93 took off from Newark, NJ, on September 11, 2001, headed for San Francisco. Terrorists took over the plane, and at some point during… Read More »Let’s Roll
Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John… Read More »Who do you say that I am?