by Susan | May 27, 2020 | essay, inspiration
by Susan Ives There’s a meme going around that says, “Of all the things I learned in elementary school, avoiding cooties was the last one I expected to use.” Are cooties still a thing? The kids from the old neighborhood – all of us in our 60s now – gave that a...
by Susan | May 21, 2020 | essay, inspiration
“I live in Plum Village, in the Dordogne region of southwest France, an area known for its sunflowers. But people who come to Plum Village in April do not see any sunflowers. They hear people saying that there are many sunflowers around, but they cannot see them...
by Susan | Jun 27, 2019 | Book Review, essay, inspiration
Bryan Stevenson is the executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, and a professor of law at New York University Law School. He has won relief for dozens of condemned prisoners, argued five times before the Supreme Court, and won acclaim...
by Susan | May 27, 2019 | essay, inspiration, News Stories
BELIEF by Rajam Ramamurthy, M.D. As a 3-year-old girl in India, I received letters from my father, who was studying mining engineering in the U.S. In one, he described how newspapers were sold in the 1940s by being piled in a corner. He said nobody took one without...
by Susan | Feb 4, 2019 | Compassionate San Antonio, essay, events, inspiration
San Antonio Faith-Based Initiative’s casaLAB event on Jan. 29, 2019, featured Ben O’Dell, Faith Liaison with the Department of Health & Human Services in D.C. The casaLABs – Compassion Action San Antonio Labs – explore proven ways to become...
by Susan | Nov 4, 2018 | essay, inspiration
From filmmaker Michael More: “This morning I have been pondering a nearly forgotten lesson I learned in high school music. Sometimes in band or choir, music requires players or singers to hold a note longer than they actually can hold a note. In those cases, we...
