The Sweet Aroma of Community

I’m honored to live in a City of Character and thankful that we make time every month to focus on a quality of character worth cultivating. It’s always helpful to remember that being a City of Character doesn’t mean that we always get it right. It means we have a standard we can celebrate when...

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What Have I Already Given?

Generosity is defined by Strata Leadership as ‘Managing resources to freely give.’ Most of the time, when we think about generosity, we think of giving our finances or our time to those in need. But generosity—and freely giving—can go much deeper. This month’s Character magazine asks a simple but...

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Being Grateful

Our children’s deployments were in their rearview mirrors. We were chatting, and I asked them if there was something that made them extremely thankful. Ironically, there was something both our son and daughter agreed on: being able to take a shower without shower shoes on. Talk to any...

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