It All Adds Up
We have a new little calculator at FaithWorks. It has brightly colored numerals, is easy to see and use. What it reminds me of this time of year is that a lot of small numbers (and blessings and gifts and people) add up to a really substantial total. We look back with deep appreciation at the ways
Thanks Giving
Each afternoon at FaithWorks we pause to recognize the one thing we are most grateful for from the last 24 hour period. We usually do this just before we walk out the door for the day, so that selection might be from something that happened since we arrived at the FaithWorks building that morning, but it could also
Training! Confidence-building! Support!
Where would you turn for help? Sweltering heat, devastating fires, a faltering economy, unemployment, world-wide disequilibrium, uncertainty - 2011 will be remembered as a difficult year for most of us. Put in a personal and family context, that generic description is brutally real to the students of FaithWorks, but your gifts have provided a lifeline to the future.
Teacher Terri
It was January 20, 2003 – a few minutes before nine a.m.; the first morning of the first FaithWorks class ever; the moment I first met Terri Simons. Her greeting was not “hello” or “good morning”, but “what time is our first break”. She was already planning her escape from the crowd of 8 that morning. Eight years
FaithWorks 201
We are FaithWorks! Those familiar with FaithWorks know what an intense experience we share together. We come together as total strangers the first week of each semester in January, June or September and make the commitment to spend all day every week day together for the next 13 weeks. We work together through a comprehensive 10
Faith in Others
There are lots of great stories out this week as IBM celebrates its 100 year anniversary. My dad went to work for IBM the year I was born as a Customer Service Engineer. He was a computer repair guy at a time when each computer got its own room and air conditioning system. Walking into a
These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things
We are celebrating the completion of the twenty fifth graduating class at FaithWorks while we prepare for our summer class to begin on May 31st. Twenty five is such a notable number – if it were years, we’d be talking about a quarter of a century. If it were wedding anniversaries, we’d be talking about gifts made of
What’s in Your Cabinet?
I don’t know what your morning, getting-ready-for-work routine is, but my morning prep time is product intensive. I cannot imagine a work day morning where I did not have shampoo, conditioner and hair gel; toothpaste, mouthwash and my good toothbrush that signals when my two minute brushing time is complete. I would be self conscience and