Even though we have many problems in our nation, I’m grateful to be an American this Independence Day. If you are an American, I hope you will pause to be grateful, too. This summer, I'm on a mission to give you the best encouragement I can give. So, I'm writing a series of short posts called [...]
“I don’t really love my country,” an angry student recently commented on Facebook. Then she listed all the things she didn’t like. And I get it. I have a list, too. But if you focus solely on what you don’t like about your country, then you’ll probably overlook all of the good things and discount [...]
“Vast destruction surrounded me," said Jackie Albrecht. "Grief and sadness, tears mingled with groans . . . I'll never forget the sounds. Or how hot the smoldering metal was. Sometimes, I can still smell that noxious mix of diesel fuel and charred flesh. After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I served as a grief counselor at [...]