A Birthday Surprise

It was our youngest daughter’s eighteenth birthday. She was in her bedroom getting ready for a few friends to come over to celebrate with her. I was sitting on a small arm chair in her room, legs draped over one arm of the chair, swinging gently, and one arm draped...

Casting Your Burdens

Seven or eight years ago I was managing the software engineering department of one of General Electric’s businesses. At the same time I was planting a church in Burlington, Vermont. It was a lot. I was burning out and realized that one of the two had to go. While my...

Coping with Change

Over 30 years ago we were at an Inn in New Hampshire with a group of people who were deciding if this would be a good property for us to purchase and undertake as a retreat center. There were many issues to be dealt with and we were not all on the same page regarding...