Empowerment Hope Kindness Self care
Wisdom from the Kmart
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column through GateHouse Media. When I want to lift myself out of the dumps, I go to the Astor Place … Read More
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Empowerment Hope Risk and Reinvention
Dancing Skeletons
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. Here it is in The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, Florida. “It’s just a coat hanger, Susan,” my mother would sigh, … Read More
A Veteran’s Day Message
This message by my husband, Carl T. Solberg, Vietnam Veteran, was also given as a sermon in 2011 at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in NYC ( www.mabcnyc.org ) … Read More
Cancer (and other road hazards) Empowerment Gratitude Hope Laughter Self care Uncategorized
Breast Cancer and the “F” Bomb
This piece was featured as a nationally syndicated column by GateHouse Media. “Brace yourselves. I’m gunna use the ‘F word’ to talk about my battle with breast cancer.” While the audience gasped, the speaker, … Read More
The Stars of New York City
This piece was also featured as a nationally syndicated column for GateHouse Media. Here’s the thing that I hate about living in New York City: you can’t see the stars. … Read More
It Takes Heat to Bring the Grace II
This is part two of a two-part series about finding blessings in the midst of pain. It was featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. In my last column, I … Read More
Empowerment Hope Risk and Reinvention Self care
It Takes Heat to Bring the Grace
This is part one of a two-part series about finding blessings in the midst of pain. It was featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. Recently, I had the … Read More
Empowerment Gratitude Hope Judgment and Forgiveness Laughter Risk and Reinvention
A Letter to Madeleine
This piece was featured as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City as well as a nationally syndicated column for GateHouse Media. Dear Madeleine: I am writing … Read More
Hope Religion and Spirituality
Pray Like A Telemarketer
PRAY LIKE A TELEMARKETER This piece was featured as a nationally syndicated column with GateHouse Media. Tell me if this sounds familiar: You come home at the end of a long … Read More
Come Back Star of Bethlehem . . . Come Back!
This piece was preached as a sermon at the historic Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City on Sunday, January 6, 2019. I spent New Year’s in North Carolina, and in … Read More