The Quest for Contentment

The Quest for Contentment

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWestern culture, by and large, has embraced the premise that more is more.More money, more property, more opportunity – contentment is always just one exciting moment away.The problem is that more is never...
A New Way of Keeping Score

A New Way of Keeping Score

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereBalloon stomp is a pretty straightforward game.Start with a group of children. Tie an inflated balloon to the leg or ankle of each child. Then shout “Go!”The kids descend upon each other’s balloons, trying...
The Up-Button

The Up-Button

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereThere are circumstances.And then there are the ways we respond to circumstances.It is deeply wise not to confuse the two.In 1975 Laurel Lee, a mother with three young children, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s...
I Know, I Know

I Know, I Know

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereUntil an episode during the eighth season of Seinfeld in 1997 brought it into the spotlight, few Americans knew the meaning of “yada, yada, yada.”Almost overnight it became a national catchphrase.“Yada,...
The World of Whatever

The World of Whatever

To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click hereWhat are the most irritating words or phrases used in casual conversation?A pair of American institutions of higher education actually keep track of such things. Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste....