by markfeldmeir | Mar 14, 2012 | Hospitality
We live in a culture that has come to perceive the misfortune of others as must-see TV. From Judge Judy to Judge Wopner, from Ricki Lake to Jerry Springer, from high-speed car chases on the evening news to the sensationalized funerals of fallen pop icons, our culture...
by markfeldmeir | Mar 7, 2012 | Hospitality, Incarnation
I recently visited Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles and got to know a few of the homies who work there. Founded by Father Gregory Boyle in 1992, Homeboy Industries provides an empowering alternative to inner city violence for hundreds of former gang members – many of...
by markfeldmeir | Feb 29, 2012 | Hospitality, Humility
The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy. — Emily Dickinson Nobody ever told me to hang my diplomas on my office wall. I did it because I thought it mattered. I have eight years of college and...
by markfeldmeir | Feb 26, 2012 | Hospitality
Nobody really knows who penned the phrase, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” These words originally appeared as the first line to a poem published in 1602 by, ironically, a composer so apparently absent from the world that nobody actually knew his name, let...
by markfeldmeir | Feb 22, 2012 | Hospitality
I read recently that women, on average, claim to have about 3.5 close friends. Men, on the other hand, report to have less than one close friend at any given moment in their lives. One of the consequences of living in an increasingly fragmented, isolated society is...
