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Pilgrims, prayers, and pyramids lead to a new adventure

“Remember,” the Tour Director told us, “this is not a vacation. And it is not a tour. It’s a pilgrimage.” Say the word, “pilgrimage,” and I immediately think of a procession of people walking toward Mecca. Or caravans of people in Biblical times, on camels and donkeys, in wagons or on foot, crossing the desert to get to Jerusalem. And if you say, “pilgrims,” I automatically envision early American settlers – women in long, heavy dresses, with white aprons and bonnets, and men in black [...]

By bettyliedtke|February 26th, 2016|Columns, Faith, Travel|Comments Off

A day well-spent has a powerful impact

The conference officially started at 9:30, but the doors opened at 8:30 for coffee, networking, and shopping – not necessarily in that order. I decided to get there right at 8:30 in order to beat the crowd, but apparently “the crowd” had the same idea. There were over a thousand women at the conference, and it seemed as though most of them were already there when I arrived. The conference I was attending was the second annual WINE Conference, but it had nothing to do [...]

By bettyliedtke|February 19th, 2016|Columns, Faith, Family, Health and Well-being, Music/Singing, Values|Comments Off

Getting sick can result in better health

I didn’t know whether it was a bug I picked up, or something I ate, but I spent several days last week being violently ill. Just getting out of bed drained all my energy, the very thought of food made me sick to my stomach, and I couldn’t even read without getting a headache. One of the things that kept going through my mind – besides how achy and uncomfortable I was – was what a waste of time this was. It was bad enough [...]

By bettyliedtke|February 12th, 2016|Columns, Health and Well-being|Comments Off

News can come from many directions

Our discussion started with the Zika virus. None of us had ever heard about it before, so we began by filling each other in on whatever information we had read or heard about it since it began showing up in the news. It was interesting to note that we each had different information. Not conflicting, just different. We quickly realized it was because each of us got our information from different sources. Newspapers for some, TV news for others, online sources for still others. That [...]

By bettyliedtke|February 5th, 2016|Columns|Comments Off

Signs of a miracle are everywhere

I don’t know how anyone can look at a newborn baby and not believe in miracles. I remember that being one of my first thoughts as I was holding my son shortly after he was born. This was more than thirty years ago, but I can still recall the sense of awe and reverence I felt as I gazed at the gentle rhythm of his breathing, at his tiny, fragile fingers, and at his small but perfectly-formed features. How could all of this not be [...]

By bettyliedtke|January 29th, 2016|Coaching, Columns, Faith, Family, Quotes and Sayings, Travel|Comments Off

It’s the children who will rescue us – from ourselves

I’m going to get the “Full Disclosure” business out of the way right up front. Since my husband and I grew up in the Chicago area and still have family ties there, it’s Chicago sports teams that we cheer for. Also, I’m not a super-sports-fan to begin with. I enjoy watching the games with family and friends, but it’s the social aspect, not the sport itself, that I’m most interested in. All of this is to explain that even though I – like so many [...]

By bettyliedtke|January 22nd, 2016|Accountability, Columns, Respect, Values|Comments Off

The gifts we receive are the gifts we’re called to give

There’s a saying that goes, “Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God.” Another one, closely related, says, “God doesn’t call the equipped. He equips the called.” Both of these sayings were on my mind last weekend while I was attending a “Called & Gifted” Workshop that was held Friday and Saturday at my church. If the name sounds vaguely familiar to you, it may be because I attended – and wrote about – a Called [...]

By bettyliedtke|January 15th, 2016|Buried Treasure, Coaching, Columns, Faith, Gifts and Talents, Quotes and Sayings, Values|Comments Off

A change of heart for changing technology

“Look it up on the Google.” My husband and I have been having fun saying this to each other ever since we heard it in a movie we watched over the Christmas holiday. The movie was about four guys who have been best friends since they were kids some fifty years ago, and who are having a reunion in Vegas. As you can probably guess, the movie is a comedy, with much of the humor coming from age-related assumptions and misconceptions on both ends of [...]

By bettyliedtke|January 8th, 2016|Columns|Comments Off

A Plan for Success Comes from New Year’s Revelation

As always, I spent some time thinking about what my New Year’s Resolution/s would be this year. Part of this process was reviewing my resolutions from the last few years – which is easy for me to do since I devote a column every year to the subject. It’s become a stroll down Memory Lane for me, as well as a good analytical tool. I can see which resolutions became habits and routines that I still follow today, as well as ones that I’m still [...]

By bettyliedtke|December 31st, 2015|Accountability, Achieving Dreams and Goals, Columns, Faith, Health and Well-being, Holidays, Organizing, Success, Values|Comments Off

“Home for the holidays” can be anywhere in the world

I was at a holiday outing last week with a number of people I usually see just once or twice a year, and some that I was just meeting for the first time. So some of the conversations were the getting-acquainted kind, while others were more of the catching-up variety. Yet almost all of them included some discussion of holiday plans. Since few of the people at the event have lived here in Minnesota their entire lives – which is pretty much the norm in [...]

By bettyliedtke|December 24th, 2015|Columns, Family, Holidays, Values|Comments Off

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