Journalist & Author Karen Spears Zacharias to speak at Writers Connection Thursday Oct. 17

I met Karen Spears Zacharias last April when she joined us at the 2013 Faith & Culture Writers Conference and loved her energy, passion, drive, heart and writing! I have wanted her to speak to our group for a while! I am so happy to be able to announce that she is...

Are you a Success or a Failure? It’s Not What You Do or Don’t Do, It’s Who You Are

     Our Writers Connection visited the Oregon State Penitentiary recently for their yearly Essay Presentation. I served as MC, and they also asked me to present an essay. As I thought and prayed about what to share, I remembered a recent exchange between my...

Huffington Post: Two Tales Involving 350 Kids, Entitlement and Lessons in Parenting and Life

(Originally published: Huffington Post-Two Tales Involving 350 Kids, Entitlement and Lessons in Parenting and Life) Let me get this straight. Three hundred teenagers break into the vacant vacation home of a former NFL player, ransacking the home while drinking and...

Sports Spotlight on Nick Hines, a Tualatin High wide receiver who also runs track- Oregonian newspaper story

(Also published in Oct. 2, 2013 The Oregonian print edition) SPORTS SPOTLIGHT: Nick Hines Age: 18 Hometown: Tualatin School/grade: Tualatin High School senior Sport: Football Email (Nick Hines, Tualatin High School senior, runs the 100 meters when it’s not...

A tale of 300 kids and 50 kids and entitlement and taking ownership for wrongdoing.

This is a tale of 300 kids breaking into the home of a former NFL player and a tale of 50 football players getting benched by their coach and a lesson in parenting and entitlement and owning up to faults. . . . Three hundred teenagers break into the vacant vacation...

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