One virtue that is most lacking in a lot of businesses and organizations today is a servant’s heart. When combined with diplomacy, a big chunk of any executive director or pastor’s work will have lessened by 50 percent.
Father’s Day in Federal Way is going to be a bittersweet one for me this year.
When I first moved to the Puget Sound area nearly 10 years ago, one of the first places with which I gained fast acquaintance was the Federal Way Regional Library.
Exchange is no robbery. This is the first time I’m using that phrase in 15 years since it nearly got me in trouble.
Ensconced inside his 55th-floor office on the eve of his 40th birthday, the attorney was depressed and refused to see anybody. A no-nonsense legal secretary morphing into a mother figure got wind of what was going on and stormed into his office.
What a getaway treat it was last Friday evening attending the AmeriCorps’ seventh annual Sweets for Success dessert benefit and auction at Todd Beamer High School.
The young American soldier rose from bed and was baffled to see rainfall coming down in thick, white streams for…
Ladies and gentlemen, for 2011 we have all heard the economic prognoses from our elected officials. Harrumph! What about the…
Fresh from another of his mission trips to Newfoundland, Canada, Federal Way’s own Dr. Tim Riesenberger hardly had time to unpack his suitcases when he was called to go on yet another mission — Sendai, Japan.
I so admire the big-hearted gesture of Federal Way Mayor Skip Priest. Despite his busy schedule, five evenings a week,…
The main reason for writing that piece was as a result of the constant complaints I received from disgruntled parents every time I showed up at an event at the school.
“I have heard the quote, ‘With knowledge comes power’ repeated many times, but seldom does a program come along, like…
If a particular thoroughfare were to be declared Main Street in Federal Way, which street would get that distinction: 320th Street, 348th Street, or Pacific Highway South from 312th Street to 336th Street?
We’ve all gone to our favorite restaurants and dreamed of recreating those tasty dishes nipping away at our palates.
How I wish that all news could be good news. But I doubt that will be possible as long as humans occupy this planet.
Have you ever discovered a new word and before the week is over, you’d see it in a newspaper or hear it on TV?
It’s that time of year again when the dreaded “R” word will be dominating our lives for the next few weeks. I am talking about the word resolution.
How many of us ever truly feel satisfied with the gifts we give or receive at Christmastime?
I am tolerant in accepting people for their foibles. But I struggle dearly to accept those that show ingratitude in return for kindness.
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. I doubt there’s a marketing or psychology student in America today that did not have Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory drilled home.
