Thursday, February 9, 2012
Those of you who follow the blog know that my daughter died a little over 4 years ago at the age of 31 (see previous post regarding a memorial). Today, I visited her at the lake where the boys and I scattered some of her ashes. I’m not ashamed to talk to her, and today [...]
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
This is going to be an unpopular entry with many. I spend a lot of time trying to consider a middle position–trying to understand various points of view on the topics that interest me. It seems unlikely that my own view might be the only one, or even the right one, so I have great respect [...]
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The prayer below came to me through a dear friend several years ago. I believe it was adapted from an earlier rendition, but will give credit where I found it. My family and I have, from time to time, read this in little pieces around the dinner table on Thanksgiving, passing the paper from chair to [...]
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There is so much to be learned from the Lebron James phenomenon. Since my world is the world of inspiration, Lebron James is to me as many politicians are to cartoonists, “the gift that keeps on giving.” It’s hard not to digress, expand or hyperbolize. It is difficult to avoid following all of the paths [...]
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After the shameless commerce of yesterday’s post, I’m paying you back with levity. Note the picture…the man in the dress is my son, who brashly bragged that his under-12 girls softball team could flawlessly execute a suicide squeeze. Hearing the taunts from his fellow coaches, he compounded his mistake by agreeing, somehow, that if they [...]
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Two speakers have impressed me in the last two days. On Monday night, I went to hear Laura Tyson, Berkeley Professor and advisor to the Obama White House, speak about the economy. In wonderfully understandable language, Dr. Tyson explained to a packed auditorium the current state of the economy, and outlined the central worrying points [...]
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Courageous action always speaks volumes, but it is particularly loud when it is in pursuit of dreams, or when it comes from a desire to serve, to create meaning for others. Christy Tonge (member of the Forum on Cross-Cultural Inspiration) and her husband Barry have always been involved in the development of youth, particularly under-served [...]
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The 9-11 commission report rang with one phrase that seemed to sum up our lack of foresight into the possibility of an attack against our country–”Failure of Imagination.” The same phrase was used by President Obama when he gave his first speech about the possibility of a world without nuclear weapons. He suggested that while we did [...]
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
There is little question that Carl Gustav Jung spent his professional and personal life in search of inspiration, not only for himself, but for those he treated and taught. We are about to see a representation of the source of much of what he learned and transmitted to others. I just spent a week on [...]
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
This last week, the ELCA, the largest organization of Lutherans in the United States, voted to enlarge their doctrine of inclusion of gays and lesbians in the pulpit. The rhetoric required is typical of the kind of language required because of our short-sightedness about this issue. See Terry’s article articulating a sensible and inclusive position on marriage and [...]
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Is this inspiration? It certainly felt that way, and I would be surprised if thousands if not millions of Korean kids are not moved to change their lives by this simple experience—not just golfers, but others who have dreams of achieving success that they didn’t quite see as possible before today.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
What a wonderfully American phenomenon…..town hall meetings, people expressing themselves, even as the majority of people who speak or yell are polarized and have bad information. Opinions are being expressed with little restraint, and many of expressions come from within, sparked by deep emotion. Are these expressions inspired?
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