beth4277Dec 31, 2022A Coming of Age or a Sign of My Age?I grew up in a home where the evening news was on most nights before dinner. My parents had their favorite station and anchor—Walter...
beth4277Dec 20, 2022Surviving Grief During the Holidays! by Dana Russo, guest blogger, www.hope-rises.com Ahh, the Holidays. Like it or not, they evoke a response. Holidays are a time to enjoy...
Dave BooramDec 6, 2022Turtle SoupLast winter I went on a retreat at Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Southern Indiana. After a day or two of being cloistered, I felt the need...
beth4277Nov 27, 2022Feeling the Wait In January of 1992, David and I traveled to Tallinn, Estonia. We arrived on a Saturday, in the middle of the night after a three-hour,...
beth4277Nov 5, 2022Confidence Bias (a 2nd cousin of confirmation bias)Confidence bias, according to *Brian McLaren, is “our brain’s tendency to believe people who display confidence, rendering us susceptible...
beth4277Oct 30, 2022Are We Getting Any Better? I occupy a front row seat right now watching our granddaughter heal from cancer. Harper’s in her sixth month of treatment for leukemia...