To Be Fair...

To Be Fair… the Apple TV show Ted Lasso is a game changer.  The writing is brilliant, the acting great and the humor tickles me all at the same time.  The way of Ted Lasso and how it is helpful is what I ponder in this episode.  From the little moments of our daily lives … Continue reading "Team Lasso"

Drawn from the wisdom of Beverly, in this episode of “To Be Fair…” I explore words and phrases that are safe for any environment yet are expressive.  Certainly not from Beverly, I also then share a bit about cussing. Cheers!  Amy Kay

The importance of human to human touching... and what we do when we can't touch.

I’m a rule follower, my friends, but today we are thinking about when it is okay to break the rules. There’s a lot of Jesus today so if that is a problem for you, skip this one 😉  I’ve been glad to get to preach a lot recently so these things have been on my … Continue reading "When is it okay to break the rules?"

A thunder storm started in the middle of recording this episode, friends, but I just kept going!  It’s  kind of like preaching when there is a tiny one making a lot of sweet sounds… I just keep on like it’s not happening!  I did mention the ‘lightening’ storm, but meant thunder.  At any rate, I … Continue reading "Being Ourselves and Showing Who We Are"

Play is important for us, friends.  Truly! Learn why from Dr. Stuart Brown, psychiatrist and the founder of the National Institute for Play, with framework from Dr. Brené Brown, Social Work Prof. from Houston University.  They aren’t guests on the show, unfortunately, but I speak from their work. Here’s to playing for full, overflowing lives!

Why have celebrations and festivals been happening for 4000 years?  Listen in today to hear a bit about why I think they are good for us to take part in… especially when they are our own community’s celebrations. Cheers to good happenings that help us understand who we are 😉 Lindsborg’s Midsummer’s Festival

Friends, developing new habits can be easy thanks to how we function as normal human beings.  BJ Fogg, Stanford researcher and industry consultant, has put his finger on habit development through a method called  “Tiny Habits” that helps us add new behaviors into our lives easily. Truly.  It’s easy.  And it can be super fast! … Continue reading "How to Develop New Habits Easily"

We are capable people, friends, so we get asked to do a bunch of stuff.  And we have great thoughts about what we can do to help others!  There is so much  we can do… but we can also be mindful of what overextending ourselves does to our personhood.  We can yes and no our … Continue reading "Yessing and Noing to the Life we Want to Live"

Let’s not get overwhelmed about all that is possible to do for our environment and just pick one thing to do to make the planet more healthy.  This week we give seven ideas of little things to do to reduce our consumption of single use items. Here were a couple of references from the show: … Continue reading "Reducing One Thing for the Good of the Planet"