Daily Connector | Discovering my Polish Roots: The Obituary | Larry Less
The story handed down to me was that my Grandfather had only one brother and that they immigrated at about the same time in the early 1900s. Following the clues that my Great Aunt Tillie (Mrs. John Lesh) left in that 1945 letter to my Grandfather, I was able to…
Siblings all
With coronavirus and the election dominating the headlines this fall, you may have, like me, missed the release of a major document in the ecumenical world. On October 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis released a new encyclical titled Fratelli tutti (Brothers all, or, Siblings…
Daily Connector | My sturggle | Ellen Kreider
I wish it weren’t so, but it is and it seems to be increasing. A too regular companion of mine these days is anger. I am angry about the pandemic. I am angry about the contentious state of our country and the election. I am angry about darkness and cold…
Daily Connector | Changing my narrative Part II: Recognizing feelings vs. values | Brent Miller
Beside my desk at home, I have a note written on a piece of paper that reads, “Concepts can change, but principles always stay the same.” “Always” is underlined. It came from a business-related seminar that I was attending but it resonated with me on a personal level. It was…
Daily Connector | What would you do for a Klondike bar? | Dan Halterman
Or a special treat from Whit’s? Once in 2018 and once in 2020 I bicycled a significant distance for a Whit’s treat. The main difference being the first time was both a greater distance than the second and the treat was a nice, geographically convenient add-on to the real reason…
