• communication,  faith,  leadership

    A Story to Tell | An Institute for Cultural Communicators Christmas Poem

    A poem based on a true story from the Institute for Cultural Communicators.   ‘Twas a month before Christmas, and all through the town The public school librarians were running around Calling all of the students they knew, for you see, Soon they’d host an event promoting literacy. As their calendar filled, so their hearts did – with cheer –  At the thought of all of the stories they’d hear For the students had promised to read lots of books To all local families – no one overlooked!   But alas, when that fateful day arrived, The students weren’t there – for as much as they strived The librarians could…

  • faith

    Choosing Calm in a Season of Sheltering
    [A Guest Post by Nancy Reece]

    I went for a walk yesterday and was singing Raise A Hallelujah at the top of my lungs.  The words of the song – I raise a hallelujah, with everything inside of me; I raise a hallelujah, I will watch the darkness flee, I raise a hallelujah, fear you lost your hold on me – brought peace and calm in the middle of this season of fear and panic in our world.   CHOOSING PRAISE OVER FEAR About two weeks ago, I wasn’t exactly experiencing calm.  On Thursday March 12th, when we were aware of the virus and a couple of days before things went crazy at the grocery stores, I came home and told my husband…