After a long day or exhausting week at work, it is so very easy to become a couch potato – binge watching on “Shark Tank” and eating more cookies and chips than is good for us. I know, because I’ve done it too. Maybe it’s time to take inventory, clean out the cobwebs in our…
DetailsOver the Christmas holidays my wife and I were able to spend some time in Florida with two of our kids and their families. While we live in Colorado, which is one of the greatest places to live in the country, there are times during the winter snows that it is nice to have family…
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Well, of course information is important. Without it we wouldn’t know how to do things, how to get somewhere, and so on. So, maybe the real question to ask would be, how important is information? You see, there are limitations to the benefits of information. As my friend Pete writes in his book At the…
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Now your first thought may be, “Well, the flu is contagious, as is a cold, and certainly COVID, but behavior – I’m not so sure about that. A recent study, published in the journal “Archives of Sexual Behavior,” found that “surprising factors may push partners toward infidelity – including spending time around others who see…
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“Nothing is more important in a person’s life than what they place their faith, trust, and hope in.” Harold G. Koenig M.D. Dr. Koenig goes on to discuss the various things or people that we can put our faith in, when he writes about human flourishing. Some people put their faith in people – a…
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Poet William Yeats wrote, “The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” How sharp do you think your senses are? If you are like most of us, especially if you live in a big city, they may have grown dull over time. I remember when I moved from…
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Maybe it’s my age that is causing me to attract clients that are . . . well . . . my age. You see, I seem to be encountering more and more individuals who are approaching retirement age (whatever age that is), or who have retired. Over and over again, I hear stories of individuals…
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There are a variety of answers out there to this question. Some might say, “It is central to who I am,” while others may respond with “Faith? What faith? I don’t have faith in anything anymore.” But can faith in God – a developed and active faith in God make a difference in your everyday…
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So, we are about a month into the new year and I am wondering how it is going for you? Did you make any resolutions? Set any new goals? Dream up any new things you would like to see happen in 2023? If so – how’s it going? For many the resolutions and goals have…
DetailsI was startled and saddened to read that the most recent numbers for suicide rates in El Paso County, for the 10-18 age bracket, have doubled. For those of you reading this who are not from Colorado, El Paso County is the name of the county that encompasses Colorado Springs. The $173,000 study went on…
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