What Does it Mean to Succeed? Or, What a Church and a Soccer Team Have in Common

Recently, I met with a journalist from the Roswell Daily Record who wanted to write a story about me. He very much looked the part of a seasoned reporter—rumpled clothes, scruffy beard, weather-worn face, taking notes with a ragged notebook and pen. We sat in my office and had a wonderful conversation for about an …

The First Word Ever: A Journal Reflection

for forty yearsthe sheets of white paper havepassed under my hands and I have tried     to improve their peacefulemptiness putting downlittle curls little shaftsof letters words     little flames leaping "Forty Years,” by Mary Oliver Writing really is amazing. Somehow these squiggly lines convey information that has allowed humanity to rise out of the field and …