I’ve collected a number of books over the years. One in particular has always been a treasure. The book is about 100 years old, autographed, and authored by Edwin Markham. Markham is largely unknown today, but during the early part of the 20th Century...

Most nonprofit programs exist because someone cared for others who were experiencing a care deficit. I was watching a commercial for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital recently on TV and the focus of the 60 second broadcast was caring. “We exist to do the...

We live with a lot of conflict in our lives. There’s road rage, short-changed at the checkout line, our favorite sport’s team riding a slump, voting for the losing candidate, folks disrespecting the flag, and on and on. These days it seems that we’re...

I’m not sure how many times I’ve heard that little cliche, but I am sure that it’s in the thousands. We have come to believe that people who think outside the box are the doers in our society; the the ones we look up to because they’re innovative, take...