Making room for renewal
“Wisdom has built her house she has hewn out its seven pillars…” Earlier this month I spent a weekend on retreat with my leadership class. The theme of the retreat was: “Building a house of Destiny”; laying the foundations for a life of significance. Like the house of Wisdom the
Rain like Grace
September 21. Grey rainy day. First day of fall or last day of summer? The astronomical definition is very precise; it’s the last day of summer. The day to day experience is not so precise. It’s felt like fall all this past week! As I watch the rain coming down
Bread and leadership/tonight I bake
“Today I brew. Tonight I bake. Tomorrow…? The task here is for you to finish the quote. This might tell me a number of things: what school system you grew up in; the nature of your childhood reading; how long ago you were in elementary school; etc. One of my
Humming bird in August
It is the end of August. Already some of the trees are beginning to display their fall splendor. A bit too soon for me! I toyed very briefly with the idea of calling this piece: ” Ode to a Hummingbird” but thought that would be a wee bit pretentious. So