Apr
21
2008

Roger Butner
Okay, in fairness to my Marriage 1.0 and 1.1 posts, this one challenges a “funny” email from a male perspective. Here is the email, followed by my comments: “Earl and Bubba (feel free to insert Boudreaux and Thibodeaux if that works better for you) are quietly sitting in a boat fishing, chewing, and drinking beer, [...]
Tags: marriage / relationships, personal responsibility, respect
Apr
17
2008

Roger Butner
The last year or so has been a season of growth and transformation in my life. If I had to summarize this time with one word, I guess I would have to go with “FREEDOM.” The great paradox of this experience has been discovering that the pathway to true freedom comes through total surrender. Not [...]
Tags: HOPE
Apr
15
2008

Roger Butner
Click on the image to watch part 1 of “The Lorax” a television presentation of the classic Dr. Seuss tale of being a friend, rather than an enemy, of planet Earth. (Parts 2 & 3 are also available from this YouTube video page – the whole show is about 35 minutes or so.) Here [...]
Tags: community, nature
Apr
03
2008

Roger Butner
The last year or so has been a time of tremendous growth in my life. This has been totally a gift of grace from God. I don’t say that as some kind of flippantly religious way of trying to sound humble. I just know I don’t have what it takes to bring about the transforming [...]
Tags: HOPE, leadership