Connections Blog

May 24, 2022

One stitch at a time: What My Grandmothers Taught Me

There was Nana Olson and there was Nana Yates and there was Gramma Westcott. The older I get the more I am aware of what a lucky woman I am. I was well into adulthood with children of my own and I still had a great gra...

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...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Caring for Wounded Ministers

In November 1993, the Federal government mandated state employment commissions t...

Along the Journey

May 24, 2022

Ways to Ruin Your Child

Wait. Did that say “Ruin”? Yes, it did! I first read 10 Best Parent...