By Sarina Gumness “For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” —Cynthia Occelli Change is an occurrence in everyone’s life. Sometimes we just wake up and our...
Grand Rapids—Where It’s Happening in 2020!
Mar 25, 2020
This month’s installment comes from Conference Host Committee Chairman Ed Cruzan. Thanks Ed! Grand Rapids is a “happening” place because Conference 2020 is coming to Michigan in July! With that in mind, Kevin asked me to write about some things to do in and around the city. The website experience gr.com is very useful for...
Noticed
Mar 25, 2020
By Carl Greene Executive Director When I was about 10 years old, I asked my parents for a bee hive. It was not really an altruistic request—this was an early get-rich-quick scheme in which I hoped to market honey to family and friends for profit. It was like a fundraiser where I had taken out the middle man. Despite the business strategy of a ten-year-old, I...
Self Care
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI January has come and gone but it is not too late to think about changes you might need to make in your life. One of the most important resolutions you can make is to practice self care. Self care is the practice of taking deliberate action to preserve or protect your own health: physical, mental, emotional and...
Take Care of Yourself
Mar 25, 2020
By Katrina Goodrich Living life can be exhausting. Between work, school, family, friends, and extracurricular activities it’s tough to carve out time for yourself that doesn’t involve further skimping on sleep or nailing down your day to the very minute. Really it isn’t any wonder that lots of people tend to be stressed and anxious. In pursuit of “the...
PULSE
Mar 25, 2020
By Frank Mazza I am not a fan of social media. I do not have a Facebook account, no SnapChat, no Instagram. There was a time not too long ago that I held a Twitter account. Twitter gives users the ability to create a profile with their actual name and face; or they remain anonymous with a clever “handle” or username. Anonymity is nice if you don’t want any...