Connections Blog

May 24, 2022

Why the Desert Mothers and Fathers Still Matter

In one of his daily emails, the popular Franciscan writer Richard Rohr once admitted that he has some issues with the sayings of the Desert Mothers and Fathers — the early Christian hermits and monastics who lived in E...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

7 Things to know about leadership

The concept of leadership has seen its own evolution. What constitutes a leader...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

One stitch at a time: What My Grandmothers Taught Me

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

Learning and Experience

A couple of educators I know are high on what they call “experiential learning...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

How to be a Popular Leader

Every once in a while I need to challenge someone by asking, “Do you want to b...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Something We Urgently Need to Improve Upon, and One Way to Do So

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

Are you speaking the truth in love?

I’m revisiting some of the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Few have written b...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Thinking Changes Things

In October 1929, the U.S. Stock Market crashed. Investors lost billions of doll...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

Intelligent People

I met a rare kind of person last week. He was what I’ll describe as a genuine...

Dr. G. & Friends

May 24, 2022

Why someone might not attend church

I met up with some old friends who’d brought along some of their friends I app...