The very concept of Valentine's Day seems silly on so many levels.  It is a holiday primarily promoted by the industries producing flowers, cards, candies, and jewelry.  It purports to be a celebration of love, romance or lust.  It leaves some of the people who receive gifts  feeling compelled to reciprocate like  a low level… Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day

As I mentioned I am in the mountains of western North Carolina.  I am staying in the home of my friends Greg and Kathy and their five dogs.  We met about three and one half decades ago.  At that time Greg had not yet gone to law school and I was in the very early… Continue reading Connected ?

We have all heard the exhortation to speak the truth in love.  Most often we hear that to mean say the hard things that people need to hear but do so in a loving gentle way.  Mixing of sweet compassion and mercy with the harsh things people do not really want to hear.  We think… Continue reading Speaking the Truth in Love