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Recently I was in a situation in which someone who has not known one of my sons very long, identified him in an educational document as somewhat of a “class clown.” While aspects of the description were not without merit, I respectfully requested that we alter the document. “I don’
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Sometimes it’s hard to know what to write about. I say that not because the Intramuralist has no things to say — more because as I survey the status of current events, some are so tough for understandably many to engage in actual, respectful dialogue. Regardless of the submission of
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Sometimes it’s hard to know what to write about. I say that not because the Intramuralist has no things to say — more because as I survey the status of current events, some are so tough for understandably many to engage in actual, respectful dialogue. Regardless of the submission of
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One of the things I’ve long appreciated about my parents is their consistent encouragement to sit down at the table, with me, and talk about everything. Let me be clear… as a kid, I didn’t always like it. I wasn’t always fond of it. And often it
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One of the things I’ve long appreciated about my parents is their consistent encouragement to sit down at the table, with me, and talk about everything. Let me be clear… as a kid, I didn’t always like it. I wasn’t always fond of it. And often it
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perspective |pərˈspektiv| - n.- — true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion. One the many things I frequently ponder is whether my perspective is solid or skewed. And if my perspective is skewed, what makes it that way? What has contributed to me being “off”? … especially when
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perspective |pərˈspektiv| - n.- — true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion. One the many things I frequently ponder is whether my perspective is solid or skewed. And if my perspective is skewed, what makes it that way? What has contributed to me being “off”? … especially when
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Please read that title again. I want to be fully clear. Note that I did not say, “I love disasters.” “What” is the key word. There is something within disasters, when they unfortunately happen, that I love. Disasters get our attention. They make us stop, reflect, cry out to God,
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Please read that title again. I want to be fully clear. Note that I did not say, “I love disasters.” “What” is the key word. There is something within disasters, when they unfortunately happen, that I love. Disasters get our attention. They make us stop, reflect, cry out to God,
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Search for the meaning of “diversity” and one will find multiple answers… … the variety of characteristics that make people and communities unique… … a broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences… … more than one of something… As I recently attempted to more fully comprehend the current manifestation of this word, I
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Search for the meaning of “diversity” and one will find multiple answers… … the variety of characteristics that make people and communities unique… … a broad spectrum of demographic and philosophical differences… … more than one of something… As I recently attempted to more fully comprehend the current manifestation of this word, I
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Greetings, readers, friends, peers, and participants! I have missed you! But prior to sharing some insight into the past few weeks and foreshadowing a bit of what’s next, allow me to extract some wisdom from current, current events… Roger Federer, one of most talented persons to ever play the