Peace with Quiet

Prayer, meditation, running in the woods, screaming into a trash can (that last one doesn’t count) are all ways to find a minute a peace. There are apps. Here’s what I do.

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Val Leeper
How To Reach Out

We have limited resources - time, money, skills, networks - and a million ways to give. How do we reach out in the late 20-teens when need is around every corner.

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Val Leeper
Modern Grief

I don’t have any handy bromides about where we are culturally and how we deal with grief. The truth is we need help with it. Cancer is not new, church shootings, racism, gun violence, poverty and the changes we face in life - they take their toll.

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Val Leeper
Locking it Down

Getting married? Don’t let me talk you out of it. My only advice is to understand that it is more than an institution or cultural convention.

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Val Leeper