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A Lesson from The Greatest Showman

A Lesson from The Greatest Showman

Exciting news! There is a place in society for people like me! We may walk a little differently, at times move less fluidly, or maybe even develop speech patterns that are hard for the listener to follow. The marketplace prefers not to engage our non-conformity, but…

Dear God…Where  have you been?

Dear God…Where have you been?

Where have you been? People are hurting down here. I’m hurting down here. I guess I still don’t understand what you want from me. This one is on you; your directions weren’t all that clear. I should be a little more grateful, but this isn’t exactly what I had in mind….

Captain, We Need More Power

Captain, We Need More Power

We Need More Power Maybe if we had the tenacity of Captain Kirk, we could find our way forward. Kirk had it — the “boldness to go” where few have gone before! When was the last time you yelled to your Captain, the One who gives you your strength, “We need more…

Storytellers Unite ~ Let the Truth Be Told

Storytellers Unite ~ Let the Truth Be Told

There is one inside of each of us, a storyteller longing to be heard. Everyone likes to talk about one thing more than any other, their story — the one in which they get center stage and can capture a role that makes them larger than life; a hero no less. And why not,…

If You Only Have a Hammer

If You Only Have a Hammer

What tools do you have in your toolbox? If you only have a hammer, what can you accomplish? Other than hanging a picture to hide a hole you left when you put your fist through the wall, what are you able to fix? How are you going to use the only tool you have to make…

Hope and Other Four Letter Words

Hope and Other Four Letter Words

Got hope? Do you need some? It’s not the kind of thing that you find at the bottom of a bottle. Seldom do we see it when we look in the mirror, still others may be looking for it in us. When that long forgotten friend calls just because, is it the sound of hope that…

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