Now, I know that the July 4th weekend is still a long ways away, but life is not just about the present moment: It is also the yearning for a brighter tomorrow. And today is a good time to start thinking about, and planning for, tomorrow. I want to recommend a different way for you to rest, and refresh over the July 4th weekend this year.
Every July 4th weekend I get caught in a bit of a funk. On the one hand I like to celebrate the birthday of the nation. I'm proud of a lot of our American history. I'm grateful for a government created as a secular state with freedom of religion and a commitment to checks and balances against the accrual of too much power into any one sphere of authority. I'm proud of our American idealism. But quite often the