Today Show host Matt Lauer carried the Olympic torch 300 yards earlier this week. As he was describing the experience, he said that as the torch was handed off, an Olympic representative reminded torchbearers that the Olympic torch was the single most powerful symbol of world peace today. It was awe-inspiring to Lauer to carry that symbol forth. [...]
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Olympic thoughts: The spirit of the games
February 13, 2010It’s simple: Healthcare reform is needed.
January 25, 2010This post is not my typical style. It is a real life story that I feel needs to be told. And, it’s my story. I hope you’ll read it and respond – in words and action. Something is wrong with healthcare, and reform is needed. I get that we need to negotiate what that means. No matter [...]
Sunday Service: Charter for Compassion
November 15, 2009This week’s Sunday Service opportunity is not a charity or community organization that needs your support. Today I am helping to share the Charter for Compassion; a way of being, based on the Golden Rule. I truly believe if this Charter were adopted worldwide, there would be no need for future Sunday Service posts. Imagine if everyone [...]
Veterans Day
November 11, 2009Today is Veterans Day. To my son, a US Army 82nd Airborne veteran of two tours in Afghanistan and a tour in Iraq, and to all the other brave men and women who gave a part of their life to protect our freedom: Thank you for your service.
A wall came down, and hope was raised
November 10, 2009When I was 14, our family traveled to the central area of (then) West Germany for my Uncle Edgar’s wedding. Perhaps someday I’ll write about the charm of a rural German wedding, but this post is about another site we visited. Our parents took my brother and I to see the East-West German border. I was [...]
Sunday Service: 10 Best Women’s Charities per Marie Claire
October 25, 2009This week, I came across a great article published by Marie Claire magazine online, spotlighting charities that focus on benefitting women and girls. With the recent release of The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything, I thought a focus on these charities was most timely. Click here for the full article in Marie Claire for a summary [...]
Does the truth set you free?
October 21, 2009In the Bible, John 8:31-32 states: “Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” While the last phrase is often quoted, it’s important to read it in [...]
Gold Star Mother’s and Families’ Day
September 26, 2009The first time my son was deployed to Afghanistan, a friend of ours hand made a Blue Star Flag to post in our front window. This is a traditional symbol, dating back to WWI, of a household with a member deployed to a combat situation. Our flag was taken down upon our son’s return, but was reposted for [...]
Sunday Service: Your local High School Booster Clubs
September 6, 2009Here in Central Ohio, a lot of school districts are struggling with reduced revenues and increasing expenses. With the state of the economy over the last couple of years, local citizens are very hesitant to renew school funding levies. Many people simply can’t afford it. Many people can afford it but feel enough is enough. [...]
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