I can honestly say that I am very thankful. I grew up in a home with about eleven people. I am 29 years of age at this moment. We had to go behind grocery stores into dumpsters for our next meal. Life was ruff growing up, but always a lesson to learn. Today in life [...]
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Thursday mornings are my most favorite time of the week. That’s when I spend two or three hours helping the underserved in our community at a neighborhood church. Most of the people who show up are regulars, and I’ve gotten to know them by name, if not by face.
I’m torn between what I can do [...]
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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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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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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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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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