Archive for August, 2008
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
The Olympic Games of the Soul
To say that Yogi Berra is the godfather of malapropisms, is not to say that many other athletes aren’t quite capable of screwing up normal conversations. Take the Olympic athletes. Gymnast Paul Hamm who said, “I owe a lot to my parents, especially to my mother and father.” In defending the sport […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Dark Night of the Soul by Robert "Voluptuous" Thompson
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Who’s Bad?
“Naruhodo” is the Japanese word for a personal epiphany, that moment when you understand something in a new way. Life has been full of “naruhodo moments” for me. I muddle along, confused or mentally lethargic, then suddenly–sometimes out of the blue, sometimes prodded by a comment–the light goes on. “Naruhodo!”
One of those moments came forty […]
1 Comment » - Posted in From Belief Systems To Relief Systems by James Huffman
Monday, August 4th, 2008
After The Fall
I haven’t visited the AVG website in a while and think it ironic that Bob’ most recent post is about slowing down and patience. You see, I fell down the stairs in my townhouse almost ten days ago and boy have I been slowed down! Not that I am the type of person […]
Comments Off - Posted in All of Our Voices (Posts from Contributors) by Rev. Teri Sandler
Friday, August 1st, 2008
Practice Patience – Don’t Hurry, Be Happy
It would seem that the warm weather of summer is an inducement to slow down and live life at a more leisurely pace. Summer time and the livin’ is easy-and it’s a good thing because if things didn’t slow down for at least a few months out of the year, many of us would just […]