Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
So, how’s your week going? Here’s a report on mine: I entered a website that greets me with the words “You’ve just been hacked,” I wake up in the next morning with that strange familiar tickle in the back of my throat, I get up, turn on my computer, and get nothing, I’m late getting out the door for an important appointment, go to … Continue reading When Surrender Means SURRENDER
The Minnesota State Photograph GRACE by Eric Engstrom In 1918 the photographer Eric Engstrom was preparing for a photography show in Minneapolis. Engstrom wanted an uplifting picture for a nation at war. He found it in Thomas Wilden, a local food peddler in solitary prayer at his dinner table. My brother Kevin gave me a … Continue reading Back Door Prayers
“Be willing to be a beginner every single morning.” ~ Meister Eckhart The fact is we are all newcomers..to..today The fact is none of us has been to..today..before The fact is most of us pretend we have..but..we haven’t The fact is there is a fair bit of fear wrapped up in living..today I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve not enjoyed the feeling … Continue reading The Wisest Thing I Ever Heard
For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to pluck up what is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time … Continue reading The Turning of a Season
“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” – Emma Lazarus I’ve been sickened by how fractured my country of America has become. The tone of nation has turned ugly; a bunker mentality seems to be tearing us apart. As I thought about this recently, I realized I had learned some valuable lessons from Rogers Park … Continue reading Ode to Rogers Park