We are celebrating International Women’s Day - Monday, March 8 - with a call for submission of personal stories from our readers on the subject: "Tributes to Matriarchs, Healers and Heroes” International Women's Day is a day of global celebration of the achievements of women and a call to action [...]
100% of earnings from Amazon for the month of March will be donated to the Center for Partnership Studies. International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the achievements of women and a call to action in accelerating women’s equality. Our gift collection for this event includes gifts [...]
This reflection begins in my current location in the central highlands of Mexico. It includes flashbacks to growing up on a large farm in the Midwest – and later returning to be a care partner with my parents. Attempting to tie it together is the focus on music and spirituality [...]
100% of Amazon earnings for February are being contributed to the Food Bank of Guanajuato City. Included in the list which follows are gifts chosen especially for loved ones living with dementia, the care partner team, their household, and those who identify in any way with the dementia community. The [...]
"Conversations about a painful past are not something to be feared but rather remembered and shared. Healing does not come by closing the books and turning away from individual stories of trauma. Healing starts when the devastating consequences of injustice and loss are seen and acknowledged." Author: Nancy Berns, Drake [...]
"Yolanda Adams’ voice rang out at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Tuesday, as she sang 'Hallelujah' at a national COVID remembrance for the more than 400,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in the U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, joined by their spouses, delivered remarks at the [...]
As a child drying dishes while Mother washed, I witnessed her singing spirituals while looking into the orchard from the kitchen window. From Mother, I first learned about Marian Anderson for whom she appeared to hold a special “reverence.” She frequently sang from her own spiritual repertoire developed over her [...]
"Clergy from 7 historic downtown religious communities in Pensacola, FL regularly meet and have become trusted friends. Here, in the video below, they reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail.'" - Appleyard Agency https://youtu.be/dwlP8BEiec0?t=11 Feature image: Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Posted by: Susan Troyer
In my early career years, I was a classroom teacher for children of personnel at European headquarters for the US Air Force. At that time, headquarters was based in Wiesbaden, a beautiful city in Germany. It was the late 60’s, not even 25 years following the liberation of the concentration [...]
"Known worldwide for her courage and clarity, Christiane Amanpour has spent the past three decades interviewing business, cultural and political leaders who have shaped history. In conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Amanpour discusses fake news, objectivity in journalism, the leadership vacuum in global politics and more, sharing her wisdom [...]