Category Archives: Life’s Challenges

Posts reflecting of the challenges, big and small, of getting through daily life

The New Normal or Welcome to the Resistance

There is nothing normal about this. We live in a time school children of the future will learn about as a horrifying cautionary tale. They will wonder how this happened and they will ask: what did you do? And so, … Continue reading

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CF100: 2016 07 24 – Twilight Sparkle & Signs of the Times

Each week the Orlando Sentinel asks two questions of 100 community leaders in Central Florida. Those with access to the online Sentinel can read normally all of this week’s 100-word responses when there are published online  usually Saturday (Note: convention coverage … Continue reading

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CF100: 2016 07 17 – #SitInForThe49 & Signs of the Times

Each week the Orlando Sentinel asks two questions of 100 community leaders in Central Florida. Those with access to the online Sentinel can read all of this week’s 100-word responses when there are published online, usually Saturday. For those without … Continue reading

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CF100: 2016 07 10 – Finding Unity & Reducing Guns

Each week the Orlando Sentinel asks two questions of 100 community leaders in Central Florida. Those with access to the online Sentinel can read all of this week’s 100-word responses when there are published online, usually Saturday. For those without … Continue reading

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CF100: 2016 07 03 – More Angels & Fewer Guns

Each week the Orlando Sentinel asks two questions of 100 community leaders in Central Florida. Those with access to the online Sentinel can read all of this week’s 100-word responses when there are published online, usually Saturday. For those without … Continue reading

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CF100: 2016 06 26 – Angels & Bears

Each week the Orlando Sentinel asks two questions of 100 community leaders in Central Florida. Those with access to the online Sentinel can read all of this week’s 100-word responses when there are published online, usually Saturday. For those without … Continue reading

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CF100: 2016 06 19 – Pulse: Collaboration & Our Future

Each week the Orlando Sentinel asks two questions of 100 community leaders in Central Florida. Those with access to the online Sentinel can read all of this week’s 100-word responses when there are published online, usually Saturday. For those without … Continue reading

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Storytelling

We tell stories. It is part of how humans make sense and order out of their lives. While many of our stories spring from something that might be called objective reality, the narratives that we create are seldom free of … Continue reading

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Abiding in Peace

After almost 20 years of marriage, it is nice to know that there are still new things to try and to learn. Last weekend, Charlie and I attended a silent meditation retreat together. From Friday evening at 7:30 until noon … Continue reading

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Invocation for Orlando City Council

Several weeks ago, I joyfully accepted an invitation to offer the invocation at Orlando City Council today, Earth Day. I did not know at the time that it would be a more complicated day. Here are my words: Invocation for … Continue reading

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