Live Wise | Live Well
Everyone today seems to be offended by something or by someone…it is the latest victim-mentality of the 20-teens, or whatever we’re supposed to call this decade of the 21st Century. You know how it goes, you do or say something, whether audibly or digitally, something […]
This Sunday is called “Sanctity of Life Sunday.” It was enacted by President Ronald Reagan in 1983- the official proclamation can be found here. His words were heartfelt and haunting: “These children, over tenfold the number of Americans lost in all our Nation’s wars, will never laugh, […]
This 2016 political season has been hard on all of us. Most of us never anticipated just how nasty it would become through the campaigning, debates, and the daily onslaught of media coverage. My stomach is sick and I can only imagine yours is too. It […]
“You’re terrible at this. Why are you here? Why are you doing this again? Don’t you realize you are seconds away from major embarrassment? You know what people are thinking, right- you’re okay, but you’ll never be as good as ___________- you’re just not good […]
My mother worked at a miserable job for ten years. She described her boss as an arrogant, unhappy man as she was subject to humiliation and horrific verbal abuse, expected to operate then-new computers with absolutely no training, often suppressed her physical needs for breaks […]
Welcome to “The Way To Wisdom Podcast” with Tracie Dawson. A podcast dedicated finding WISDOM in the Choices We Make and the Paths We Take! Today’s Topic – Life Outside of Eden 1. Subscribe in iTunes (Search “The Way to Wisdom” or plug in this URL […]
Have you ever lost a friend and never understood what happened? Do you feel like some friendships are tricky, if not dangerous, like navigating a mental minefield? Childhood friendships were easier. “You’re seven? I’m seven too! You like purple? So do I! Do you […]
What a difference perspective makes! I often wonder what Paul really meant in Romans 12:2 when he said, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Have our minds really be transformed or […]
As we met the children at the Hovde House, a home for young victims of sexual assault, I began to witness something extraordinary. These children did not spend their day complaining of boredom, asking to go somewhere and do SOMETHING like our children here in […]
Just five days ago, I returned from a Global Outreach visit to Huánuco, Peru. Along with a hundred or so sand fly bites and a nasty case of Cholera, I returned with some eye-opening lessons on life from a third world country. They might surprise […]