Friends, Jack was really irritated when he asked me, “How many times are you going to tell me ‘it’s the 4th quarter?’” Answering a question with a question, I asked my 15-year old how many days were left until his finals were over. (We both knew it was 6. Such are the games of sarcasm … Continued
Friends, We got to Jack’s piano recital early last night. Scott was putting the programs on the chairs. Just an 8-1/2 x 11 sheet folded in half, with a frilly cut on the right side of the cover. Inside: Twenty three students were listed on the left with the title of their selection on the … Continued
Friends, I returned Sunday from the Oregon coast (which by the way struck me as though it was a marvelous cousin to the lands of the Lake Michigan dunes). I was on a retreat with 11 other men looking to renew “meaning in the middle of life.” Ann Ladd and Tim Barraud* who facilitated the … Continued
Friends, Sometimes I wonder: Have I gotten too soft, when so many of my Reading for Leading blogs are about relationship? But then I figure: how else can you lead or be led, except in relationship? And this past week offered three ripe examples, one from hoops, and two in the semester’s end. I was … Continued