Stories with Eleanor, Part 2Last week I had coffee with my friend, Eleanor Stanton, the associate pastor at the Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church in Saratoga Springs. We talked…
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Surviving the Lion AND the Fox!I found a very interesting story the other day that highlights moral courage in an unusual way. Animal fables typically offer the lion and the…
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Quitters, Campers, and Climbers—Which One Are You?I would have thought that one of the side effects of writing a blog about courage would be an increase in my own courage quotient. In fact,…
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Wait for it… Wait for it!Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount. ~ Clare Booth Luce For nearly a year now we’ve been talking about the…
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Good News and Bad NewsThe good news: here is a delightful story I was reminded of recently, the story of the Brave Little Dutch Boy, a tale of moral…
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Three Billy Goats GruffMention the words “courage” and “stories” in the same breath and someone will ask, “Are you going to tell the story of the Three Billy…
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Courage Challenge of the DayLion’s Whiskers offers this courage challenge: Consider a small-as-a-mouse or large-as-an-elephant obstacle in your or your child’s life blocking the way to personal or professional success. …
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Are You the Ant or the Grasshopper? And Which Are You Raising?A fable from Aesop that has seen a lot of play over the centuries is the Ant and the Grasshopper. The story extols the industrious…
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Belling the CatA fable from Aesop, in which we see a lack of both moral courage and physical courage… A large community of mice had been comfortable…
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Courage Book Review – The Dangerous Book for BoysWhen The Dangerous Book for Boys came out a few years ago, it caused quite a stir, buddying up to Harry Potter on the bestseller…
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