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My friend Christine Van Loo, once named the Female Acrobatics Athlete of the Decade, is a 7-time National Champion in Acrobatic Gymnastics. As evidenced from the pictures below, Christine can do things I can’t even imagine.     Embedded in the beauty, grace,...

What are the headlines that you have been reading and who has been writing them? Andy Stanley shares an experience that made him aware of who is in charge of his headlines: "Sometimes I just want to stop. Talk to Covid, looting, brutality. I lose my way. I become...

The cornerstones for building a culture of hope in which people thrive and incredible things are possible include: Helping others succeed Communicating ‘You matter’ Honoring the absent The fourth essential condition for a culture of hope is See the Problem, Own the...

In the last two weeks, we identified that hope…the belief that something incredible is possible…is fostered when we are in a relationship or culture where people are: Helping others succeed Communicating ‘You matter’ A pandemic is an event in which a disease spreads...

This is the second of four weeks that we are focusing on the conditions that foster hope…the belief that something incredible is possible. Last week we identified helping others succeed as one action that activates hope. Let’s consider another. Sixty years ago this...

Last week we defined hope as the belief that something extraordinary is possible. We saw how through the lens of hope these small seeds could become plants that produce dozens of tasty tomatoes. But what if we left these seeds in our pocket or on the kitchen counter....

At the age of 29, John Nash was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. In “A Beautiful Mind”, the movie about his life, his wife Alicia Nash says: The reason that belief is so important and necessary is that it keeps hope alive in us. Hope is not merely wishful...

Wow!! Again, Wow!! Did you see the opening ceremony of the Olympics? What a celebration of our humanity and the incredible and brilliant gifts within the human race. Yes, we are capable of ugliness and hatred, but this was a celebration of our best as a world. The...

In last week’s Wellness Wednesday, we shared a story of Steve Ring not only experiencing the messiness of life, but causing the messiness of life. However, in his unique sprinkling of gold dust (love, forgiveness, compassion), he achieved kintsugi with his sons. At...