And then I thought of the staff I did not see, working behind the scenes, including those providing 24 hours-a-day service “behind closed doors” in our HCC and AL, truly serving on the front line. Again, a feeling of gratitude washed over me, and I realized I had begun repeating silently, like a mantra, “thank you for your service” for all of our over 400 employees.
Category: Inspirational
Fresh, Life-Filled Air
Pondering the connections between breathing and the divine certainly helps us, in turn, to remember that breathing, that most natural and essential of impulses, is also an engagement with something beyond ourselves.
The Dawn of a New Decade
As we enter this New Year, it almost begs us to see more clearly. I feel a sense of urgency to get things in order and set my intentions for the year and decade ahead.
What Was So Wise About The Magi?
Last night my wife and I were preparing to pack away the Christmas decorations for another year, and once again we were completely baffled as to how we were supposed to fit a large sprawling tree into such a seemingly small box.
Look Back in Joy: The Power of Nostalgia
As we approach the New Year, much of what we see and hear on the media is looking back on what was the best of the year 2019 and what […]
The Heart of Thanksgiving
Gratitude magnifies our experience of the good things in life, enabling us to enjoy them more fully.
How To Surrender Through Gratitude
In reflecting on the Thanksgiving holiday this week, I was reminded of the attitude of gratitude shown by a former resident a few years back.
Go The Extra Mile – Breast Cancer Awareness Walk: Event Recap!
We would like to thank everyone that participated in the Go the Extra Mile for Breast Cancer Awareness Walk held on Tuesday, October 29th
Lost and Found Again
This past week I read about an international research project conducted by Science Magazine. Hundreds of “lost” wallets containing large and small amounts of money were placed in locations around […]
Come to the Quiet
Sometimes we don’t realize how noisy our world is until we escape to a place of quiet. The Desert Mothers and Fathers believed that silence and quiet prevents us from […]
Helping Keep Aging Couples Together
One of the things that we are so often asked about by couples visiting Beatitudes Campus and considering their future is about what the future may look like as the […]
LeadingAge Arizona Volunteer of the Year—Leroy Calbom
To serve others, one must be able to connect and listen. To serve others, one must show compassion and humility. To serve others, one must have vision alongside determination and […]
Big Tech, Big Brother and a Bigger God
George Orwell’s novel, 1984, was so successful at creating an imagined yet potential future reality that seventy years later, one of its most famous phrases ‘Big Brother is watching you’, […]
One Wild and Precious Life
Much-loved poet, Mary Oliver, died recently at her home in Florida at the age of 83. She lived for many years in Provincetown, Mass., with the love of her life, […]
The Songs We Are Called to Sing
Later this month, the parliament of Uganda is due to debate, and potentially pass, proposed laws designed to censor some of the country’s most prominent artists. The proposed regulations include […]
On the Other Side of Easter
Now we are on the other side of Easter. Remember, Easter was not the glorious event for the disciples that it was for us. The trumpets did not sound. Easter […]
Earth Day Observance
EARTH DAY OBSERVANCE…On Friday, April 26th, the residents and staff of Beatitudes Campus are participating in the 2019 Earth Day Observance with what has been termed a “Protect March”. The Marchers will gather outside The Bistro at 10:00AM Friday morning and then proceed to The Everett Luther Life Center. Join us!
A Phoenician Easter
In our Easter celebrations, we find the truth of that victory in ourselves and the world around us, which sets an undying flame of faith within our hearts. May that flame burn brightly today and always. Alleluia.