This spring I find myself with time to reflect and to sharpen my teaching skills. More specifically, I have time to renew myself and my capacity for serving as an effective teacher. While I appreciate the need to update my expertise on the subjects I teach (Introduction to Business and Business Ethics), my renewal focus will be to reflect on and create new strategy for utilizing the "Socratic Questioning" approach to foster active learning among my students. While Socratic qu

A few years ago my wife decided to replace a trumpet vine wiith crossvine and it was a very good decision. The turmpet vine roots ran wild and we had a time controlling the new shoots and trimming off the pods. The crossvine controls its own growth and it is very easy to maintain. This photo was taken today (April 13, 2026) , as you can see, the vines are in full bloom. As I snapped this photo, it came to mind that there might be spiritual meaning associated with this beautif

Today's Center for Action and Contemplation meditation is "Resurrection is Possible Now" and it has captured my full attention as I reflect on this Easter season. Below is the opening Father Richard Rorh provides us:  "We don’t need to wait for death to experience resurrection. We can begin resurrection today by living connected to God. Resurrection happens every time we love someone even though they were not very loving to us. At that moment we have been brought to new life.