In GOOD times, rather than bad.

In GOOD times, rather than bad.

When I worked for Young Life I was always told, “The best time to raise money is when you don’t need it.” The theory behind that was it was easier to ask people to give when they knew you were healthy as an organization. If you were in deficit, you...
Poor Ruth

Poor Ruth

Ruth is a vivacious energetic hard working young lady. She works at her parents shop that has been with their family for the past 40 years. She’s in her third year of college majoring in engineering. Unfortunately, like so many others, her world got turned...
Pressure Reveals

Pressure Reveals

These are terribly pressure filled times. The pressure builds on so many fronts. From the distant thought of, “Is this the end of the world?” to the day to day, “how am I going to fill my day?” and everything in between, there are pressures all...
These Days…

These Days…

What and how I feel about what’s been going on is all over the place. In general though, I tell my kids that it’s more important to know what you DON’T KNOW than what you do know. I am sure that I don’t know… How bad this will be.How bad...
We Need to Heal

We Need to Heal

It’s going to happen again.  It always does.  The horrifically tragic and senseless events this past weekend at the Tree of Life in Squirrel Hill are another example of evil rearing it’s ugly head.  This one hit home for those of us in Pittsburgh more than...
At the End of the Day

At the End of the Day

No, I’m not talking about a post game interview with any professional athlete, “You know, at the end of the day we just got to play better, at the end of the day it is what it is, at the end of the day they’re professionals too, at the end of the day...