Years ago I read a short story by Chaim Potok. I can’t even remember the name of it. It was a story about a teenage boy who was the child of very religious parents. Potok describes the daily in and out of the family’s life, and the constant microscopic examination of...
Appreciating the What Is During the What Isn’t
Appreciating the What Is During the What Isn’t I don’t know about you, but I’m finding this solitary existence rather difficult lately. I’m missing cuddling with my wife even though we live remotely in the same house (her being a nurse). Touch. And hugging my kids....
Reverting Back
Reverting Back Hi my friends. I had to make an emergency trip back to my parents’. Dad’s taken another bad turn and they need my help. He’s got some dementia and Parkinson’s as well as other issues. He’s now on a list for a Nursing Home. We’re dealing with all kinds...
Still Daring to Grow
I’m in my sixties and I’m still growing. I don’t ever want to stop. My latest challenge? One of the things that has lied dormant since I left the ministry and the church 10 years ago is making music. I wrote and sang my own songs, and led worship. My beautiful Taylor...
The Fear of Freedom
THE FEAR OF FREEDOM Just the other day I was driving and realized how free I was. I also felt a tinge of nervousness: what if I’m lost and don’t know it? Isn’t the nature of deceit that you’re so deceived you don’t even realize it? There’s nobody taking care of me to...
Please Read This, Thanks!
Hello my TLS family! I read this earlier today from the book I mentioned in our Facebook group (if you’re not in the group let me know and we’ll get you in there!), “The Courage to be Disliked”: “… in Adlerian psychology, self-reliance as an individual and cooperation...
Empower Yourself in 2020
EMPOWER YOURSELF IN 2020 Happy New Year my friends! Let me tell you a story. For Christmas this year, my daughter Casile got me the book, “The Courage to be Disliked”. We laughed because I already seem to have that courage. But it’s a good book. Not what I expected....
Christmas Greeting 2019
I just wanted to write you guys and wish you all a happy holidays. This time of year is difficult for some of us. I respect that. Know that you are loved by the rest of us in TLS. TLS has been going for seven years since I launched in in 2012. It has hovered around...
Unity and Diversity
I was at an event recently where the speaker acknowledged that because of the thousands who were there, each one might have a different name for the Other… “God”, “Universe”, “Source”, “Great Spirit”, etcetera, or nothing at all. It felt comfortable and no one felt...
Write That Letter!
WRITE THAT LETTER The other day I wrote a letter to an old friend. The last time we met he said things that were very hurtful. I immediately wrote him at that time and told him so. He dismissed it. So I decided to let the relationship lie dormant for a while. But the...
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