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  Cleaning Out The Closet No one would call me an adventuresome person, but I like adventure. Not the kind of adventure that requires one to contemplate one's safety or ability to perform like climbing the face of a cliff or hang gliding through a mountain valley; more like the kind of adventure that requires one to dig deep inside and find solutions to those disturbances that haunt one's spirit. We all have them. Those events that we cannot reconcile with any form of logic... Read More

The Shack It's not often I want to write about a movie, however this short blog is about the movie The Shack . I read the book several years ago when my wife had died from breast cancer. The movie was a good, not great. The book was life changing. The book and movie both describe a similar, well known theme in our humanness. The same question I hear every day, "Why is God allowing this tragedy to happen to me?" The tragedy may take many forms: Suffering from terminal... Read More

Power To The People . I often have interesting conversations that come from the most unusual opportunities. This past week, while at dinner with four Michigan State University professors who were members of the faculty of the Residential College of Arts and Humanities, I had one of those experiences. The conversation took place at a restaurant named Felicia Suzanne's which is located on 80 Monroe. The decor was modern, the table service was excellent and the food was nice. I had... Read More