Oct
06
2022
I recently wrote a piece about Dad being an amazing culture changer and described with intensity a father who neglects his daughter and a mother who criticizes hers. My husband Shann and I talk about Words of Hope in...
Oct
05
2022
Dad was a culture changer. He envisioned a home with a true loving, present father who asked forgiveness of his children and encouraged dialogue even if there was disagreement. Not many homes have this. I meet so many people...
Oct
04
2022
Parenting is hard.
What makes matters worse is that people often don’t work to figure out how to be skilled as a parent. Much like the terrible shooter who continues to shoot though they haven’t a prayer, an untrained parent...
Oct
03
2022
Our family has a fun mealtime activity called "Speed Friendship."
We ask a question and quickly find out more about whoever is at the table.
Examples of questions we might ask are:
· Favorite color...
Sep
29
2022
I read recently that researchers have discovered a connection between relational joy in your fifties and wellbeing and flourishing health in your eighties.
I think of Dad’s life and wonder how much relational stress contributed to his health. Dad loved...
Sep
28
2022
In the last two Words of Hope, I have been sharing about a presentation Shann and I heard during our prayer retreat. One of the most provocative statements for me is that God cannot be present in organizations who...
Sep
27
2022
Shann and I were part of a prayer retreat recently. Each day had two or three presenters. One presenter who spoke on heartbreak asked this beautiful question, “What breaks God’s heart?” My friend, a world-renowned painter, Mako Fujimura, painted...
Sep
26
2022
Recently Shann and I participated in a contemplative prayer retreat. One of the beautiful and elegant questions asked was, “What breaks your heart?” One of the things that breaks my heart is a child without a loving, present father....
Sep
23
2022
I find Dad's title, "Words of Hope," so crucial during difficult times. I say difficult times because I feel a deep battle raging in the world — one between joy and despair, community and division, and peace and war....
Sep
22
2022
Dad and I had an important mentor who had helped with the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster as a consultant in the aftermath of the tragedy. In the team’s exploration of what went wrong, they discovered the colossal mistake arose...
