by Jack Moline | Apr 14, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
My long-time friend David Currie is the grandson of James Manson “Manse” Patton. David’s grandfather, from Paint Rock, Texas, ran a bank. He ran it on this principle: “A man’s character is his best collateral.” I am not going to try to interpret or deconstruct these...
by Laura Landgraf | Nov 12, 2019 | Opinion
A lovely friend of mine received difficult health news not long ago. As she struggled with her new realities, she wrote that she hoped to discover “the grace of innocence and the lack of resentment at being denied what I had before.” Finding joy in each moment would... by Guy Sayles | Feb 9, 2018 | Opinion
Character is the primary arena of change. We can’t change the DNA we inherited, the circumstances into which we were born, the families that shaped and misshaped us, or the wounding events we’ve undergone. Some things about our bodies, temperaments and... by Michael Helms | Feb 25, 2016 | Opinion
I don’t like to lose. I don’t know anyone who does. I especially don’t like to lose to braggarts. There’s one sure way to shut up a braggart and that’s to beat one. Maybe that’s why I’ve always liked the story of David and... by Ron Rolheiser | Oct 12, 2015 | Opinion
Focus on your image because image is everything. Those words, or at least words to that effect, were the caption of a famous ad several years ago. I remember being taken aback by its crass and shallow message, but not many people reacted, perhaps because the caption...
