Work-Life Balance. It’s a popular concept. Many business magazines and other publications have lists of recommendations to improve a person’s work-life balance. The idea is that the time and effort put into work has to be balanced with life. It’s a strategy to avoid becoming what used to be called… Read More »The Deception of Work-Life Balance
If you’re like most people, your pension, 401(k) or retirement annuity looked at lot better three years ago than it does today. Three years ago, you may have felt much more secure in your job or been living in the home of your dreams. Then, all of a sudden, it… Read More »Greed: Who’s to Blame?
In the late afternoon, I made my way to a local Episcopal church. I sometimes stop at their small chapel for the mid-week service. This Eucharistic service is quiet and unobtrusive. Over the last few months, attendance here has been the only thread I’ve maintained with traditional church practices. Arriving… Read More »Blandina and Her Companions
January 1, 2010. As a bell rings one note and then another, the calendar page changes bringing the New Year and a new decade. Revelers celebrate the New Year, hoping for something more than was experienced in the year just past. In reading the news over the past few days,… Read More »Ring Out the Old; Ring in the New!
