When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Beauty, courage, honor? Laughing eyes, a kind smile? Or is it cowardice, fatigue ... that one mole, that strand of hair just out of place ... I climbed Mt. Fuji this weekend. Persevered through the night, toiled up some 7000ft of altitude increase, …
Relationships
The Power of Relationships (James R. Cooper)
Proverbs 13:20 “Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm.” I have to tell you, as a reformed Type A personality (please remember to leave Regyna out of this), I can be tough to deal with in personal and professional relationships. But as I have grown older and wiser …
Parenting 101: Look for the Red Thread!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovB0SMNDf-Q Click here to download transcript Look For the Red Thread! Jory Fisher: Hey everybody, this is Jory Fisher with JoryFisher.com and I’ve been asked to give a little bit of advice about parenting — I guess given that I have three daughters, three …
We Need Each Other (Brett Beeson)
Need … it’s such a scary word, isn’t it? We, as Americans, generally don’t like to admit “need.” We are strong! We are strong, we are resourceful, we are resilient and self-dependent. We pull ourselves up by bootstraps, “get over it,” and conquer the world. We don’t “need” anything. And yet … what …
Raising Contented Kids (Jennifer Miller, LPC)
“You can’t take it with you.” We all know it, but many of us live like it isn’t true. Our modern culture appears to function on the energy of discontentment. Bigger! Better! Faster! Newer! But, wait! There’s more! When did our wants become needs? When did having stuff become so necessary …
Surviving Christmas With the Family (Jennifer Miller, LPC)
For some, Christmas means … The Nativity. Heaven come to Earth. Immanuel, God with us. For others, it means … Decorations. Gifts. Egg nog. Carols. Even Santa Claus. Regardless, it most definitely means … time with the family. That is one of the most interesting things about the …
Connecting (Brett Beeson)
“Oh! I had forgotten.” But I hadn’t. I had been speaking to my friend Renee about an incident from three years ago, when she and our friends had taken it upon themselves to cure my gloom with retail therapy. They had then proceeded to buy me a lovely lavender hand cream from The Body Shop, but …
