Dear Friends, I know it is a bit early to think about Thanksgiving, but it is November now, and a great time to not only consider travel plans and culinary recipes, but to take a moment to initiate the ritual of giving thanks. Long before scientists devised...
Dear Friends, In this month’s Overtones, you will find pictures throughout the articles. To me, this speaks to a narrative of one of our chapter’s high values - intentional relationships. Though the pandemic has naturally changed some of the ways we have...
Dear Friends, Perhaps as I did, you expected warm and sunny days ushering in the month of July. Instead, it wasn’t just wind blowing through Chicago recently, but flash floods joined the tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms. Unless you were cleaning...
Dear Friends, I have long been a fan of the late USC philosophy professor, Dallas Willard. His insights were profound and his demeanor disarming and engaging. Few insights seem as prescient as his argument that we must “ruthlessly eliminate hurry from our...
Dear Friends, The AGO Committee on Membership Development was recently tasked with the project of creating a webinar to be used as a resource for local chapters such as ours. Titled “Re-igniting, Re-imagining and Re-emerging from COVID-19,” eleven AGO chapters from...
Dear Friends, Suez Canal Last week, a sandstorm caused the cargo ship Ever Given to run aground in the Suez Canal, blocking it completely. The canal sees 10% of the world’s daily shipping traffic, but is only 300 feet wide in places. Ever Given is ¼ mile long,...