Insights columns A call to gratitude When I see the scions of wealth parade grandly through my town with, what I interpret as, smug entitlement on their faces,..
Insights columns A new take on Outlook’s social media Oct. 4, 2021, is this generation’s “date which will live in infamy.” Okay, that may be a little drastic, but it definitely..
Insights columns An invitation to “simply be” Before the pandemic, I was on autopilot all day, every day, preoccupied with everything and nothing at all. I was living in..
Insights columns Using disruption for good Recently, the world opened up enough for me to accompany my son, a high school senior, on several college tours. Even though..
Insights columns Bearing the pain of others In the spring of 2016, I was laying on my back in a hospital bed at Duke University Medical Center. Sickness and..
Insights columns Weeping with those who weep I remember being shocked by the fact that Mrs. B., my third grade teacher, was crying. It must have been April 30,..
Insights columns Change fatigue I’ve been misplacing my eyeglasses lately. I set them down for a moment, for a simple task like changing my clothes, and..
Insights columns Athletic chaplaincy On Saturday afternoons in fall, I can be found wearing my clerical collar and tartan kilt. For most Alma College football games..
Insights columns The dance of good deeds The medieval mystic, Meister Eckhart, claimed, “God laughs and plays in good deeds.” Laughter and play call strong and specific images to..
Insights columns The dance of good deeds The medieval mystic, Meister Eckhart, claimed, “God laughs and plays in good deeds.” Laughter and play call strong and specific images to..