Blog Articles

Hunting Shame When in Isolation

By Douglas Withrow - 05/08/2020

I remember as boy of 5 or 6, the attic in my house was a mystery. We would only climb the stairs occasionally to find old boxes and keep sakes...

This is Grief

By Jessica Lamar - 05/08/2020

The global pandemic has created a new reality for loss and grief. From physical distancing, to working from home, job loss, school closure, and canceling of major life events we...

How to Practice My Best When Stuck in Feeling Down on Myself

By Ken Wells - 05/01/2020

Nobody ever beats themselves up to a better place. Then why do I keep doing it? When I was a young 7th grader in junior high, I played basketball for...

Safe Places

By Ken Wells - 05/01/2020

I remember when I was a kid there was a pond that a couple of us guys would ride our bikes to. It was called Old Man Hendricks pond. He...

COVID Constraints Requires Community Ventilators

By Ken Wells - 04/14/2020

There is a race to find enough ventilators in major metropolitan areas across America. While a ventilator does not cure COVID-19, it is a fairly fancy piece of technological equipment...

Negotiating Your Way Through the Covid Funk

By Ken Wells - 04/14/2020

“Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man." — Thomas Wolfe I am sad today. John Prine, the raspy-voiced country-folk singer whose creative lyrics to...

Can’t slow down? Try going faster.

By Elijah Bedrosian - 03/26/2020

I often move fast because I have things to do, places to be, dreams to achieve. As I move faster, at a certain point my effectiveness reduces. The quality of...

Efficiency and Connection

By Catherine Lowrey - 03/26/2020

I was visiting a nursery with my family, exploring what plants we might like in our yard. I am not exaggerating when I write that we looked at over 100...