by Irene Conlan — Recently, I told my almost-four-year-old grandson that Friday was his Daddy’s birthday and that we would do some things to surprise him. He looked me right in the eye and asked (with some degree of emotion), “What about me?” I told him that his birthday would be coming soon, but that […]
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Going with the flow
August 29, 2012
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by Mark Mansfield — Go with the flow. How many times have we heard that, without really thinking about what it means? It is an expression of the metaphysical universal law of circulation, which basically states that everything must remain in motion, or it will die. To understand this, we need only look at our […]
Creating job opportunities through volunteering
February 24, 2012
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by Steve Weitzenkorn, Ph.D. — In good economic times, the volunteer rate in America remains reasonably steady; however, it has declined since its peak prior to the recession. According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, the volunteer rate from 2003 through 2005, when the economy was strong and the unemployment rate low, was […]
September 5, 2012
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