There are two sides to the coin of that phrase. I can still hear my mother, in a deep and dramatic sigh saying:  What’s next?” –fully expecting the “sky to fall” or the “shoe to drop.”  On the other side, was a counter voice from within an emerging optimist, fully expecting just another exciting possibility more »

That saying was given to me many years ago by one of my mentors and here it is in its entirety: “Work as if there is no such thing as prayer and pray as if there is no such thing as work.” You may not be the prayerful type but in times like these (13,000 more »

I have served as some sort of counselor for most of my life. My sisters sought my advice, my mother depended on wisdom from me and entering the priesthood at the age of 24 didn’t help. Then advice, wisdom, counsel, guidance etc. was expected. Besides (they said), now you were “paid” to do it. It more »