by Guy Sayles | Oct 27, 2013 |
Though my children are now 31 and 29, I can still hear echoes in my mind and heart of one of the things they said to me over and over again: “Daddy, tell me a story.” Even at the end of a long day—sometimes especially at the end of a long day—there was nothing...
by Guy Sayles | Oct 17, 2013 |
“I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.” (Oliver Wendell Holmes) The other side of complexity is where we end-up after we have wrestled and...
by Guy Sayles | Oct 2, 2013 |
This summer, at a brief retreat along the Hudson River about an hour north of New York City, I rediscovered a forgotten prayer by Anselm of Canterbury, a 12th-Century guide to matters of the heart and spirit. The prayer begins: O my God, teach my heart where and...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 27, 2013 |
I believe that God’s will is about the kinds of people we are becoming. The choices and decision we make—about where to live and where to work, about our relationships and responsibilities, and about how to use time, money, and talent—matter most of all because...
by Guy Sayles | Sep 1, 2013 |
Sometimes I think procrastination rivals pride as the most serious sin. Every day, we forfeit small, ordinary, but significant opportunities to make to make a difference and to grow, because we’re waiting on a better and more convenient time. I’ll get to...
by Guy Sayles | Aug 20, 2013 |
I’ve lived in our east Asheville house longer than I have lived in any house in my entire life—including during my childhood. Before coming to Asheville, I lived in Huntington, West Virginia, in five different houses and communities in greater Atlanta, in...
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