The hardest-easy thing we ever have to do: asking for what we need
So many of us don’t ask for what we need. Perhaps because when we risk making a request, we’re met by a world that asks, “Do you really need that?” or “Is that a want or a need?” Because in so many places – at least in the circles where I listen in – we have […]
The Space Between Gratitude and Glory
“You can make people feel,” he told me. That’s high praise, coming from a world famous poet and a marvelous compliment coming from a person who is in touch with “all the feels.” But it’s not me “making people feel.” The stories I share and the way I share them is thanks to the people who […]
Humaning Together
I don’t deserve what I have any more than the desperate refugee deserves to flee for his life or the starving child deserves to go hungry. Yet, I know them by heart. As the mother with hungry children gives them what little there is, and her portion, too. As the one without a home seeks […]
Quitting is the best thing he ever did…
Bill, sweet man, I just met him. Honest, open, friendly, kind. Shares a bit about himself and his family. Got three kids, “all medical,” he says. “The oldest used to be a doctor, but he quit.” “Says quitting is the best thing he ever did.” “Says, now he gets along with his wife…” Bill shakes […]
What’s Gone Wrong in Youth Sports? Error #1 There’s Too Much Adulting
Up or Out! That’s the model in play today, says Aspen Institute’s Tom Farrey, kicking off the 2018 Project Play Summit. A few kids move up but most are out: dropping out because it’s not fun, selected out because they’re “not good enough” or sitting out, either because they’re 2nd or 3rd string or because they’re […]
Who Missed Manny Machado?
There are many kinds of poverty. During the MLB National League Championship Series, I have observed a stark demonstration of poverty: the very impoverished behavior of an exceptional individual. He is talented, capable, skilled and highly paid. But, by the way he plays and the way he behaves, he shows a deep, deep poverty. He […]
Art or Science?
Is it an art or a science? Does it need to be one or the other? More one than the other? more true? more useful? more real? Are they competing for our allegiance? our vote? our support? No! They are a meal best served together. A complement, one to the other. They taste better together. […]
Listening Up
Movement is my learning language. Stillness is my listening language. If I don’t listen up, my next move may teach me a hard lesson.
We, the prodigal people
“There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living.” Luke 15:11-13 We, the […]
Dear Christine, Dear Brett
Dear Christine Blasey Ford, I believe you. For the same reason Bible scholars offer to believe the first disciples, witnesses to the resurrection of Christ. Though they could not produce physical evidence other than their first-person testimony (which varied from evangelist to evangelist) and could not provide tangible proof for investigating authorities. No, they are […]