December 2010

2011: The Year of Love

Sleep, little ones, sleep. Rest and let the earth take care of you. Grow strong, deep roots, and I’ll see you in the Spring. Just as snowflakes started to swirl on the day after Christmas, I gently pressed the last of my tulip bulbs into soft beds of carefully-prepared soil. It’s a tradition I started [...]

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My Holiday Message For You

Whenever I hear news of terrorist activities and people hurt, as with today’s news of parcel bombs in Rome, I wonder about the people behind it. They’re people, they’re human, and they have to be just like you and me, in some way. They can’t be all that different except for one thing: they want [...]

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Turned a Cheek Lately?

With the Christmas holiday just around the corner, I’ve been thinking about the meaning of Christmas and the peace and love that Jesus and other spiritual leaders taught. Every so often, I hear how someone is confused by the scripture that says people should turn the other cheek. Jesus said, “If anyone strikes you on [...]

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Discover Your Passion, Find Your Peace: Interview with Barrie Davenport

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. ~e.e. cummings If you’re not happy or at peace with what you do most of the time, on most days, what are you? At best, you might be trudging along, hating Monday, feeling better on Wednesday, and looking desperately for happiness on Friday [...]

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Just a dog? Maybe. Maybe not.

On the way home from the grocery store today, I started crying so hard I almost had to pull over. I was listening to the local news radio station, and I had to shut it off. That happens once in awhile. Yesterday I quickly snapped the knob to the left when the announcer told the [...]

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