March 31, 2014 What do you have to say for yourself… in 140 characters or less? The Bible remains the most successful publishing venture in the last 2000 years. They’re everywhere; as long as there are hotel nightstands, a market exists for new copies. Every president needs one, for the first day of their term …
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Crisis
March 24, 2014 The fact that there’s no crisis may be the bigger crisis. Erik Erikson was a psychoanalyst with a unique pedigree. Born in Frankfort in 1902, his single mother was Jewish, married a physician and kept his birth circumstances from him until he was an adolescent. With blonde hair and blue eyes, kids …
Waiting for News
March 17, 2014 Don’t sweat the small stuff. That’s easy advice to give… but much harder to receive. It’s usually good counsel, given the fact that we often lose sight of the forest because of our preoccupation with those trivial trees. But there are times… This morning, the headlines are eclectic. Over seven billion people …
For the Sake of the Father
“Would you do me a favor?” The question was not unusual; we all hear it – and, request it – numerous times, every day. Favors – “acts of kindness beyond what is due or usual” – are the lubrication that keeps the machinery of life running smoothly. We are acquaintances; not friends. Why would he …
Drama or Trauma
March 3, 2014 “What's in your rearview mirror?” For most of my adult life – from Richard Nixon to now – Americans have lived with a growing sense of best-days-coming-soon, no matter the current metrics. In 1972, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit the amazing high of 1,000; in the next 35 years – the …