Feedback Foes Can Be Fruitful
Sep07

Feedback Foes Can Be Fruitful

  Feedback. It’s the original F word. Not all feedback, mind you.  There’s the good kind, and there’s the toxic kind. In its ideal form, feedback is designed to help someone improve. When given with trust and respect, feedback can be heard and acted upon. But when it’s toxic, it can get ugly. Many a […]

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Now Dig This: Charles White
Sep05

Now Dig This: Charles White

He was not only an extraordinarily gifted artist who produced powerfully moving works of art; he was also an important pioneer who inspired a generation of young black artists to believe that they, too, had something of urgent importance to say.

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Departures
Jul03

Departures

Daigo Kobayashi lives with his wife Mika in Tokyo. He plays the cello in a struggling symphonic orchestra. As the movie opens, the orchestra where he plays for a living is disbanded by the owner. Daigo’s dreams are crushed. He was going to be a famous musician and the concert halls of the world were […]

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Little Princes

Lest you fear that this might be just another chronicle of do-good activity in a distant part of the world, let me assure you that it’s also an extraordinarily compelling human drama.

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Cultivating a Fatherly Heart on Father’s Day
Jul03

Cultivating a Fatherly Heart on Father’s Day

This is an excerpt of a reflection I gave for the Father’s Day service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County. It was part of a series of reflections  by members of their men’s group. As a man who … Continue reading

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Is Your Relationship Sufficient?
Jul03

Is Your Relationship Sufficient?

Do you feel your relationship is sufficient? Do you even have a sense of what that would mean, look like, or feel like? If you’re not feeling happy in your relationship, what do you feel is missing? How do you want your partner to change to be able to feel more like you have the […]

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