Nancy and I started walking at the mall a few winters back. It saved our lives. That sounds dramatic, like it kept us from a heart attack. For all we know, it has. But we started talking every day while we walked. And since then, we’ve weathered a variety of life events. Deaths of parents, […]

I have piles of rocks around my office. I have piles of rocks outside my window. Some of the rocks I gathered a year ago as part of a spiritual practice in gathering rocks. Some of you participated. Other rocks are from places that I’ve been and my friends have been. But now there are rocks […]

“Happy Thanksgiving.” I understand that’s a hard thing to hear for those who are grieving the loss of a life or of a mind this year. For those who are wondering about the next job, about the next step. For those who are missing family members this year because of service to God or country, […]

May 25th I went for a run. I’ve run at least a mile every day since. A couple days I ran 13.1 miles. Many days at least three. But every day at least one. It’s called a running streak. You can start your own on Thursday as part of  Runner’s World’s “37 days of awesome”. Run […]

You are going to be asked in the next few days how things are going. And you are going to feel stuck. Or you are going to be starting your review of the year soon. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsHere are a bunch of questions (first published here in July 2012) to help in that review. Before the Thanksgiving questions, […]