By David Olgers “Sometimes things don’t go the way that we planned, and that’s okay sometimes.” That’s a phrase that can be hard to accept sometimes, but it’s one that I’ve been trying to tell myself more over the past years. I’ve had a tendency to want to have a plan for everything. Here’s what... Continue Reading →
by James B. Delaney My father, Chief Warrant Officer 4 James Delaney, was a pioneer serving as one of the first African-American helicopter pilots in the United States Army. He served his country for over 30 years, taking our family throughout the United States and Europe. Yes, I am an Army Brat. My dad passed... Continue Reading →
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!Psalm 150 I’m a “sigher” as my wife would say. When I’m presented with something I don’t like or am unclear about, I stop and let out a sigh. She finds it to be one of my less enduring qualities. And, yet, I’m finding more and more support for what... Continue Reading →
Soon to arrive in my office is a gift my daughter gave me many years ago. Best known as “Newton’s Cradle,” it used to be a popular office item. The version most of us know was created in the late 1960s, but the concept was explored in the late 1600s by physicists. Actually, Newton had... Continue Reading →
Disclaimer: Is this information taken directly from an official medical article? No. Did I source every claim I made? I did not. On my off time I read health books, scroll through medical journals, and read story after story of various ways people have healed. I’ve studied eastern medicine, western medicine, herbalism, and beyond. I... Continue Reading →
No, that is not me in the front corner. Tomorrow our students start another semester of learning and growing. Classes are challenging and they teach our students not only subject matter but how to think. The philosopher Martin Heidegger wrote about two types of thinking -- creative and technical, and said our minds needed to... Continue Reading →
Monday Ruminations 