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Change-Making Paradigm #4 | Sacrifice and Sacred Offerings

Smiling at the giddy conversations and energy of the entrepreneurs sitting at my table, I took another bite of the yummy camp lunch and glanced out the window of the big dining room just in time to see him. Dressed in his jeans, camp t-shirt, and sne ...

Change-Making Paradigm #3 | Macro AND Micro

I slammed the phone down and dropped onto the couch, utterly exhausted. Well, that seemed completely futile, I thought to myself as I reflected on the difficult conversation I’d just had. I’d just spent two hours trying to help a very concerned ...

Change-Making Paradigm #2 | Intention and Interpretation

I’d spent hours reading and re-reading, jotting down my questions and insights, and felt more ready than usual for the two-hour discussion with my professor and a dozen or so students. I loved this book! It really spoke to my soul and helped me s ...

Change-Making Paradigm #1 | Mechanical or Messy Humans

“You want me to what?” I whispered more to myself than to the college professor who smiled somewhat sadistically on the other side of the circle of fifteen or so honors students who seemed to be calmly writing down the assignment. Read these two ...

Love... Love... Love...

Today, I am celebrating LOVE and inviting you to celebrate its many expressions with me. Last year, I wrote a blog titled “All LOVE Needs is YOU” about a profound experience of a lesson my Co-Author has been writing into my story for more than a ...

Grace for You Waymakers

“I’m just so freaking proud of you,” I whispered to him as a single tear dripped down my cheek. Glancing over at the daybed in my office where he was perched and working, I saw him smile and tilt his head to let me know that he had no idea what ...

A Message from "Hagrid"

This part always makes me think of my work, I mused as I watched Harry Potter discover and wonder at his first invitation to Hogwarts. And just like that, before we can even open the invitation and see what’s inside, some greedy character or dema ...

Goodbye, Resolutions. Hello, Results.

“Hello, crazy sister of mine working on New Year’s Day…” Her text made me smile and cringe just a little as I looked at the dining room table covered in notes and to-do lists. “You can’t prove any of that,” I shot back quickly. “ ...

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“At first light…” | A Winter Solstice Invitation

My heart broke with compassion as I watched King Théoden give up: “The fortress is taken. It is over… So much death. What can men do against such reckless hate?” It wasn’t the first time I’d watched this epic trilogy. In fact, I’d proba ...