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    For Seasons Such As This

    Friday, June 6th, 2008

    My husband, Manchild, began writing Steppin’ Out Of The Darkness over ten years ago when he himself was experiencing what he refers to as “a series of sunny-side-down days.” He wrote this inspirational story about personal leadership for seasons such as this.
    I was watching a news program this past week that told the story [...]

    Cluttered Desk, Cluttered Mind

    Friday, January 19th, 2007

    On January 9, 2007, an article appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution entitled “Chaos Rules” with a photo of Albert Einstein standing around his very cluttered desk, appearing to be looking for something, with the following quote within the photo: 

    “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind,
    of what, then, is an empty desk?”
    –Albert Einstein 
    For this article, [...]

    Is the Institution of Marriage Dead?

    Thursday, January 18th, 2007

    It was the big news story Tuesday, January 16, 2007.  Due to several factors, according to Sam Roberts of the New York Times, “51 percent of [American] women are now living without a spouse,” indicating we can no longer “assume that marriage is the main institution that organizes people’s lives.”
    As I heard the network news [...]

    To Be Thankful

    Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

    We can all look around and tell the Christmas season is coming. But is it me - or does it seem we bypass the Thanksgiving holiday to get to it? Commercials and advertisements abound for the big holiday sales so we can run up our credit cards trying to ensure those around us are “happy” [...]