Posted on November 19th, 2009 by Jane Collins
As I prepare to move the “Get Out and Give Back” blog and newspaper column to a bigger writing/speaking/coaching venue, I realized that I’d been spending too much time in the last few months holed up developing the business and not enough time contributing and serving. So, yesterday (Wednesday) I pried my fingers off of my laptop [...]
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Posted on November 3rd, 2009 by Jane Collins
It was my second trip to the area in as many months.
My first was with a group of Furman University students who are members of an on campus United Methodist group called Wesley Fellowship. It was their spring break and the second trip to the area for many in the group. Their choice had been [...]
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Posted on September 14th, 2008 by Jane Collins
It’s now a few days after Sept. 11. Every single one of you remembers what you were doing that day seven years ago. I was in India teaching English to Hindu orphans. Here’s what I remember:
The Muslim neighbors who let us watch the 9/11 updates on their television while they served us tea [...]
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Posted on December 19th, 2006 by kannon58
Our glass of life can be either half-full or half-empty, depending on what we see. And with that, my holiday gift to you is three short vignettes of a few people whose glass is always half full. Enjoy.
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Sarah is your typical 25 years old, trying to balance school, marriage, work and sanity. [...]
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