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In the last month, several of my clients have expressed a desire to better organize their lives or to set boundaries.  The COVID crisis has changed a lot of plans and has caused many to rethink priorities.  Even without COVID, “get organized” is one of the most common themes of the people with whom I … Continue reading Get Organized! / ¡Organízate!

This week would have been my mom’s and dad’s birthdays, 95 and 98 years old.  My friends will remind me this means that I am old.  That occurred to me, but my reflections go deeper, to the legacy that parents leave, good or bad.  My parents were far from perfect, but they loved us deeply … Continue reading Legacy / Legado

There are times that it seems like we are walking across a desert with no water, like much of the last year dealing with COVID, rioting and the election chaos.  There are at least a couple of ways of considering this.  One is to focus on the desert.  As the miles go by, thirst grows.  … Continue reading Thirsty / Sediento

Many people say that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday, it certainly is one of mine.  The reason is reflected in the abundance of airport traffic this year in spite of multiple warnings by government officials because of new Covid spikes.  The importance of being with family for many superseded the danger of infection, even for … Continue reading Thanks–Giving / Acción de Gracias

In 1978, Egypt and Israel signed a peace treaty brokered by the United States.  At the signing, Jimmy Carter quoted a verse from the Bible: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” (Matthew 5:9).  It was an extraordinary scene: a Jew, an Arab and a Christian standing together celebrating peace.  … Continue reading Peacemakers / Pacificadores

Rembrandt van Rijn is recognized as one of the greatest painters who ever lived.  But he was not recognized while alive.  He was misunderstood and incredibly disorganized with his finances, running up great debt and forgetting to cash checks paid to him for his work, which was inevitably undervalued.  It was because there was one … Continue reading The Importance of Light / La importancia de la Luz

A foundational principle of life coaching is that of believing in the person receiving coaching.  For the Christian coach, the underlying theology is that God is present in each believer in the person of the Holy Spirit, that God is leading us to fully live out His purposes in our lives.  Our example is Jesus … Continue reading Basis for Believing in Others / Base para Creer en los Demás

Most people would say that we don’t need a king.  Many are frustrated with politics, most recently with responses to COVID 19.  But our actions speak differently.  My friend Andrew Johnston recently made reference to a couple of cultural phenomena, one the public reaction to Prince Harry and Meagan leaving the royal family of Britain. … Continue reading The King We Need / El Rey que Necesitamos

He must have taken a panic pill.  This person went to the grocery store and stuffed the cart with every last roll of toilet paper and anything else that fit in the cart.  The justification is that  the corona virus is here so he took the pill.  And he panicked, like many others.  Certainly, he … Continue reading Panic Pill / Pastillas de Pánico

Adrian is an advocate for underprivileged students in an inner-city school.  Yesterday a student stole a lap top computer.  Adrian tracked down the student and discovered where he had hidden it, at his father’s barber shop.  Adrian left the student in his office and went to get the computer.  The father was extremely angry when … Continue reading What’s your plan today?