Tag Archives: Honesty

The Other F Word

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here It’s time to take on what some counselors and psychologists call the Other F Word.  Fine.  As in, “How are you doing?” “I’m fine, thank you.”  End of conversation. End of communication. Except, “fine” hardly qualifies as an authentic meeting of minds and hearts. “Fine” can be a one-word stand-in for a remarkable… Read more »

Black Flagged

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To listen to today’s reflection as a podcast, click here Last May, Josef Newgarden won his first Indianapolis “500” – arguably the highest achievement in motorsports. Defending champs generally return to Indy 12 months later and savor a month of public adulation. Not this year. Newgarden recently admitted that he cheated earlier this spring during Indycar’s first race of the season… Read more »

Masks

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To listen to this reflection as a podcast, click here. It’s that time of year again. Why do we break out scary masks every Halloween, pretending to be demons, vampires, ghouls, or one of the Kardashians? The best guess of historians is that Halloween is the semi-Christianized version of an ancient Celtic festival on October 31-November 1 called Samhain (pronounced SAW-win) which marked the… Read more »