by Wendy Widder | Sep 2, 2013 | Transitions
Last week I went to a seminar on communication skills in the workplace – specifically based on understanding different personalities and then learning to interact more effectively given those differences. I’ve taken half a dozen personality tests over the years, and...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 18, 2013 | Tributes
On a spring weekend more than four years ago, I made an impromptu trip home to Milwaukee. Impromptu trips were fairly common during the years I lived in Madison, since it was an easy 90-minute drive with no Chicago traffic in sight. But this trip had a special...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 14, 2013 | Aramaic, Daniel 5, The Book of Daniel
Apparently, I missed a holiday yesterday: International Left-Handers Day! Somehow – I can’t imagine how – this important day was not on my calendar. I certainly would have figured out the, er, left way to celebrate. As it is, I’ll have to...
by Wendy Widder | Aug 4, 2013 | Singleness
When I was twenty-something and single, I received all sorts of “encouragement” about my marital status from well-meaning family and friends. They’d say things like… God has someone wonderful for you. You just wait—your day is coming. You’ll make somebody a perfect...
by Wendy Widder | Jul 8, 2013 | Daniel 6, The Book of Daniel
With Belshazzar off the scene, Daniel’s employer has changed for the third time in the book. We’ve turned the page to a new chapter, and Daniel 6, like the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in chapter 3, is one of the best-known stories in the book: Daniel in...
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