I had a lot of time to think, pray and contemplate this month, in a wide array of locations. Vacation took me to a rooftop deck in Jersey City, NJ while visiting our daughter Dana, son-in-law Ted and first grandchild, Ellie Anne! (Just ask, I can send you hundreds of pictures). A train enroute to…
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I’m pretty sure it was Stephen Covey, back in the day (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) who originally said, “The main thing is to let the main thing be the main thing.” Indeed. So there I was last week, waiting for a friend to join me at the Bad Ass Coffee shop–there are…
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I love the New Year. I do. I love fresh starts, new beginnings, a resetting of priorities. Everything is possible. The snow (not in Santa Rosa, CA, of course) feels fresh and the skies look blue. I’ve organized new calendars for home and office, paid the bills, run a lot of miles, finished a couple…
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The Jewish Sabbath prayer says: “Days pass and the years vanish, and we walk sightless among miracles. Lord, fill our eyes with seeing and our minds with knowing; let there be moments when Your Presence, like lightning, illumines the darkness in which we walk.” I don’t know about you, but the older I get, the…
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