On my mom’s side of the family, we have an unusual birthday tradition. In celebration of the day you were born, we will ambush you and butter your nose. We don’t know how it got started or why, but we dutifully keep it alive....
Read MoreGood people just want to help. They have great intentions and look for the silver lining behind the cloud. Unfortunately, many people who think they are speaking for God say things that are ungodly — wanting change for an...
Read MoreThe Real Truth about Being Bold Just after I had taken a new leadership role, a colleague confronted me about something I had written. She made an appointment to see me off campus and brought her husband with her. I was scared....
Read MoreThis summer I’ve read two memoirs — stories that have rocked me at my core. Life histories hard to comprehend, difficult to identify with and yet they happened to women who are like me in many ways. As I closed each book, I was...
Read MoreLearning Keeps You Sharp Poppa, my father’s father, was a 5’8” frail-framed giant of a man. With an insatiable desire for more knowledge, he was always reading. Poppa came to visit me (when I was 19) in my eight foot by...
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