Musings

By Kirk McCarley, Coaching has been a blessing for me.  Through it I’ve had the occasion to encounter clients from a variety of walks of life that I might not have otherwise.  Engineers, Attorneys, Division I Sports Information Directors, Entertainers, Private Business Owners, and Social Media Content Moderators have been...

By Lauren Catanese, “Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life, is the foundation for all abundance.” – Eckhart Tolle We all have dreams. We all have visions of how we want our lives to look. We see ourselves living a certain lifestyle, having certain experiences, and becoming what...

By Myrna Conrad There are so many discrepancies in our world today that it is hard to know who or what to trust. Trust is a “firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability or strength of someone or something.” I do believe that it is harder to trust today than it...

By Pastor Dave Holland “I have come to bring fire on the earth.” Luke 12:49 Jimmy Morrison and the Doors sang in the 60s, “Come on, baby, light my fire, Come on, baby, light my fire. Try to set the night on fire, yeah,” but they had no idea what they...

By Sean Dietrich JOHN—My angel story takes place when my wife was dying, and I watched everything go downhill in a matter of months. And every night, I would hear a voice tell me “You can get through this, John.” On the night she died, I heard that voice again. And...

By Rick Moore Growing up, I craved respect from others. When playing truth or dare, I usually chose dare. If dared to jump off a cliff, I didn’t ask how high the cliff was nor how deep the water was; I jumped. The motive was for others to respect the...

By Lauren Catanese, “You know a dream is like a river, ever changing as it flows. And a dreamer’s just a vessel that must follow where it goes, trying to learn from what’s behind you and never knowing what’s in store, makes each day a constant battle just to stay...

By Kirk McCarley, As a Career and Life Coach often metaphorical references emerge that can more effectively illustrate thoughts and ideas to clients.  Given my participation and involvement in athletics, often parallels emanate from personal experience, thinking back to athletic coaches I have either played for or observed.  Years later...

By Pastor Dave Holland “Then Jesus asked, ‘What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air perched in its...

By Sean Dietrich Morning on an American interstate. A caravan of large bucket trucks travels southward. There must be a hundred of them. Maybe more. These are utility workers. Hurricane Ida plowed into Louisiana like a Peterbilt semi yesterday. These trucks are heading to ground zero to join the 25,000 other...