Lost in Translation

In the past month, Transitions has added more than 1000 followers on FaceBook and it occurred to me that many of our new readers have no idea how all this got started. So, tonight I thought I would give a little…

Throughout my career in the staffing and consulting businesses, I have worked with more than 60,000 people - assisting many of them with job searches and finding new employment. And as I went through seminary and worked on my doctorate,…

It's Super Bowl Sunday and the two best teams in the NFL were vying for the title of the best football team in the world. It's quite an honor and regardless of which team you were rooting for, the fact…

There are two times in December that we wait with quiet expectation about the future. Of course, there are the weeks leading up to Christmas, after Thanksgiving, during which time we wait for the celebration of the arrival of the…

Merry Christmas! It's nearing the end of the day and I am finally sitting down to write about the events of Christmas 2016. As you already know, it's been a weird week. Janet is finally starting to recover from her…

This week, the news has been full of feature stories on the brightest full moon that we have had in the last 68 years - and the fact that the next one won't happen for another 18 years. While it…

So the elections are over and most of us would agree that the presidential campaign was one of the most negative campaigns in the history of the country. Both sides relied on name calling and other tactics to assign blame…

In the last month, I have been surprised by two of the most unlikely events I have ever witnessed in my life. Of course, I have already written about the victory of the Chicago Cubs - their first World Series…

The amazement of the Cubs winning the World Series continues. Last Friday, the city of Chicago held a parade in their honor - and it was attended by an estimated 5 million people - that's right, 5 MILLION people attended…

Well, it finally happened. After 108 years, since their last World Series Championship back in 1908, repeating the success of 1907, the Cubs have finally, once again, won the World Series in the best game that I have ever watched.…