Bacon and Eggs Won’t Kill You: The Independent Institute

Quote May 29, 2015May 29, 2015 Paul Sposite health diet, father, food

Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that, in our endeavour consciously to shape our future in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact unwittingly produce the very opposite of what we have been striving for? —F. A. Hayek Most of us “know” that eating too much saturated fat (which includes red meat, dairy … Continue reading Bacon and Eggs Won’t Kill You: The Independent Institute

Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting

March 17, 2015 Paul Sposite marriage children, Conservative, father, gay, liberal, mother, same sex

It’s only now, as I watch my children loving and being loved by their father each day, that I can see the beauty and wisdom in traditional marriage and parenting. via Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting.

A Head spinning Catholic teaching

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 Paul Sposite Catholic, church, Eucharist, Faith, Life, Prayer, Religon, Salvation Apostle, appearances, Aware, bible, blood, Body, bread, Catholic, Catholics, Christians, concepts, creation, creations, creator, Death, disciples, doctrine, Does, Eucharist, Evangelicals, fact, Faith, father, food, From, Fundamentalists, gift, giver, glory, HEAD, heaven, himself, humiliation, Jesus, John, Just, Last, Life, Lord, manna, news, parable, Peter, Presence, punishment, read, Real, salvation, Savior, Self, Simon, spirit, Supper, the Holy Eucharist, True, truth, Twelve, VERY

The doctrine of the Real Presence asserts that in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus is literally and wholly present—body and blood, soul and divinity—under the appearances of bread and wine. Evangelicals and Fundamentalists often attack this doctrine as "umbilical," but the Bible is forthright in declaring it (cf. 1 Cor. 10:16–17, 11:23–29; and, most forcefully, John … Continue reading A Head spinning Catholic teaching

Ben Franklin and Leadership

August 21, 2012August 21, 2012 Paul Sposite Change, Leadership, selfhelp Account, action, actions, advent, america, American, arrival, articles, bases, basics, boat, british, Case, cell, communication, Commutation, decision, decisions, descriptions, destination, dollar, examples, existence, face, facebook, fact, Faith, father, fathers, feedback, feelings, France, Franklin, French, Gandhi, Google, great, grid, happenings, himself, History, independence, intuition, Jesus, leader, leaders, leadership, letter, Life, liner, Look, loop, Luther, Martian, moment, Monarchy, months, Nation, news, office, options, orders, ports, purpose, qualities, reaction, results, revolution, rumors, Self, seminars, solution, Statesmen, Sure, tablets, team, text, think, times, tools, trust, Verbal, vessel, Washington, weeks, word, words, workshop, world, Written

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Leadership is something we hear about all the time, we can attend seminars, read books and articles and even blog post. Everyone seems have the solution to being a leader. To me it seems that the title of the book or workshop seems to be more important that … Continue reading Ben Franklin and Leadership

My Detroit

May 3, 2012May 3, 2012 Paul Sposite History, Just for Fun, Michigan accomplishments, actions, advantage, alliance, allies, American, Anne, Anthony, Antoine, apostles, architecture, area, areas, Augustus, auto, Avenue, avenues, Érie, Battle, beginnings, Belestre, Belle, Berry, better, Boulevard, boulevards, Bréhant, brick, Britain, british, Cadillac, Canada, Canadians, Capital, Cars, Carver, Casson, cathedral, Catholic, Center, century, Charles, Chicago, Chief, chimneys, church, Circus, Clair, COLLECTION, Commander, Commerce, consumption, context, Cream, culture, Davison, Death, deception, destruction, detroit, Detroiter, Diamond, District, Dollier, Drugs, Edison, emblems, encouragement, Encyclopedia, Enfant, expedition, expressway, Fair, Falls, fame, father, Faygo, feet, Flag, fort, forts, François, France, freeway, French, From, frontier, Gabriel, Galinée, General, goal, Gogh, Gordy, Gothic, government, Grand, great, Greenville, Griffon, heart, Hemisphere, Hennepin, heritage, Hispanic, Historic, History, hotel, Huron, idol, immigrants, Indian, Indians, industry, innovation, Institute, Island, Isle, James, Jefferson, Jonathan, journal, justice, kids, lake, lakes, leader, Life, location, Louis, Made, Main, Major, mansions, Many, Marie, Marine, Marriott, McNichols, michigan, midwest, Mile, minister, Mission, missionary, Model, Montreal, Mothe, Motown, motto, Murder, Nation, National, Nations, Native, news, newspaper, North, Northwest, notes, November, numbers, office, officer, oldest, Orleans, Ottawa, outpost, Paris, parish, park, parks, path, Picoté, pieces, Pierre, places, Ponchartrain, Pontchartrain, Pontiac, Portrait, Potato, pride, priest, Proclamation, rail, Rangers, Rape, rebellion, region, Register, Renaissance, René, response, restrictions, revitalization, revival, revolution, Richard, River, road, roads, Robert, Rogers, Roman, Royal, sales, Salle, Sanders, Sault, Self, settlement, settlers, Several, Siege, soda, Soldiers, State, Statue, strait, streets, Stroh, Sulpician, system, territories, territory, theater, Thomas, thoroughfares, three, Timbers, traffic, transportation, tree, trees, tribes, Tunnel, Twelve, Vernor, Vernors, Vincent, warehouse, Warren, Washington, Waterworks, Wayne, weapons, West, Westcott, Western, Wikipedia, Windsor, Woodward, world

Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque styled radial avenues and Grand Circus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I’m a Detroiter, I was born in the city, and I love the city. I no longer live in Detroit, I now live about 30 minutes outside of the city, but still consider myself a Detroiter. … Continue reading My Detroit

The Three Types of Change

April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 Paul Sposite Change, Education, History, Improvement, Life, life coach, Self, selfhelp Abraham, accomplices, accomplishment, action, advice, Again, agents, america, American, army, assassination, attention, author, Backward, Baker, band, Beck, Bill, boat, Booth, bullet, cape, celebrations, Change, Civil, clues, Constitutional, contentment, convention, correction, creative, Date, Delaware, Detective, difference, direction, disease, divine, Ellen, ends, events, example, executions, fact, factor, failures, farmer, father, February, figures, fits, flaws, forces, Ford, Forge, Forward, friends, fugitive, Gelb, General, generation, genius, George, Glenn, goal, government, greatest, growth, gunshot, hardship, heart, Heroism, History, Horses, human, Indispensable, industry, inspiration, intelligence, John, junction, Lafayette, leadership, learn, Leonardo, lessons, Life, Lincoln, management, manager, manner, mary, Michael, midst, Morley, motivation, move, movement, Moyer, narrative, Nation, nature, neither, Neutral, notebooks, November, occupations, Patrick, person, post, President, Principles, Problem, Providence, publication, ranks, readers, relationships, republic, resignation, Return, Robert, Saga, Self, senses, September, series, Seven, significance, situation, skills, sloth, Some, stay, Step, steps, Surratt, Take, Theatre, think, three, thriller, Through, times, tree, trenches, truth, Undo, Unimaginable, Union, Valley, victories, Victory, Vinci, Vincian, Washington, Wilkes, winter, woman, world, York, Yorktown

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. Ellen Glasgow Being interested in and involved in the “Change” industry, I found this quote to be dead on, All too often we tend to think that if we are changing, it must be a positive thing, that we must be growing is some … Continue reading The Three Types of Change

Frustration, and dealing with it

March 13, 2012March 13, 2012 Paul Sposite Change, Education, Improvement, Life, Self, selfhelp action, activities, ambition, Attend, attention, Avoid, bike, Body, Butter, candy, children, church, contentment, customer, Death, definition, desires, destiny, disappointment, dissatisfaction, Ecclesiastes, energy, enjoyment, exasperation, fact, father, Find, food, forefront, frus, Frustration, frustrations, girl, give, goals, gusto, heart, Here, honey, instance, Just, Keep, laughter, learn, Life, manner, memory, mind, money, needs, norm, noun, passion, passions, person, player, Plural, prescription, read, Renaissance, road, romance, senses, Separate, Some, somebody, soul, soup, spouse, sugar, Tips, walk, words, workout

frustration Definition frus·tra·tion NOUN 1. dissatisfaction: a feeling of disappointment, exasperation, or weariness caused by goals being thwarted or desires unsatisfied 2. frustrating of somebody or something: an act or instance of causing somebody or something to be dissatisfied or unfulfilled 3. something that thwarts: something that blocks, thwarts, and upsets somebody all at the … Continue reading Frustration, and dealing with it

Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

March 6, 2012March 6, 2012 Paul Sposite Called by God, Catholic, church, Faith, Lent, Life, Media, Politics, Prayer, Religon actions, afraid, baptism, Benedict, boat, Catholic, Catholics, christ, christian, Christians, Come, courage, coverage, depths, disciples, discourse, example, Faith, father, Galilee, ghost, government, health, Jesus, lake, Lenten, Life, Lord, matthew, meditation, Mission, news, November, opinion, Peter, pope, pray, priest, prophet, salvation, session, Soldier, Take, times, truth, Victory, waters, words

25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. 26 When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear. 27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter … Continue reading Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

Rest: A Lenten Reflection

March 1, 2012March 1, 2012 Paul Sposite Faith, Family, Improvement, Lent, Life, Prayer actions, activities, breath, commandment, contemplation, conversation, creator, father, fathers, hearts, himself, importance, Jesus, Lenten, Life, Lord, meditation, moment, peace, places, Prayer, reflection, refuge, relaxation, response, rest, Sabbath, times, winter, word, words, work, world

In a world that is always on the run, were each moment is scheduled and every activity planned the word rest can seem a bit odd. How often have I heard people so, I have no time for rest, too much to do, too many places to go. It is a common response, sad to … Continue reading Rest: A Lenten Reflection

Into your Arms, A Lenten Reflection

February 27, 2012February 27, 2012 Paul Sposite Called by God, Catholic, church, Death, Faith, Freedom, History, Lent, Prayer, Religon, Salvation acceptance, actions, adam, Amen, arms, calvary, choice, compassion, compliance, daisy, Death, Devine, dictatorship, didn, divine, downfall, father, feet, Fiat, freedom, freewill, fruit, garden, gift, gospel, great, greatest, himself, human, Into, Jesus, kingdom, Lenten, lessons, letter, Life, LIMBS, Lord, Luke, moment, mother, nature, parables, path, person, Peter, pride, reflection, road, salvation, sins, Sometimes, spirit, Sure, teachings, Temple, Through, times, tree, utterance, word, words

Today many people try to make Jesus out to be this hippy type of person who spoke softly and walked around with a smile on his face and a daisy in his hands. You know they type, the “Jesus Loves You” type. Sure, yes I know that Jesus loves me and I know that Jesus … Continue reading Into your Arms, A Lenten Reflection

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Bacon and Eggs Won’t Kill You: The Independent Institute

Dear Gay Community: Your Kids Are Hurting

A Head spinning Catholic teaching

Ben Franklin and Leadership

My Detroit

The Three Types of Change

Frustration, and dealing with it

Take Courage: A Lenten Meditation

Rest: A Lenten Reflection

Into your Arms, A Lenten Reflection

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