January 21, 2022Published by John Michalak on January 21, 2022Categories Arthur Boers Basic community Conversation Face to Face Faith Family Firsthand Focal Practices Freedom Fundamental Gardening Hearth and Home intimacy Isolation Joy listening Living Into Focus Loneliness Love Meaning Modernism Nature Place Prayer Primal Purpose Real Reality Relationship Secondhand Sentimentalism Small Towns Social Media Social Networking spirituality Streaming Virtual Reality Wonder WorshipReturning Our Focus to Hearth and HomeIn this age of distraction, where is our center? There's nothing wrong with returning to square one.
October 28, 2021Published by John Michalak on October 28, 2021Categories Amazon Prime Art Cable News Celebrities Celebrity CNN Distraction Engagement ESPN Facebook Fox News God HBO Max Hulu Illusion Instagram Metaverse MSNBC Netflix Oculus Purpose Real Reality Relationship Secondhand Self-Discipline Simplicity Social Media Social Networking spirituality Sports Streaming Technology Twitter Virtual RealityAre We Living a Secondhand Life?Too often we can mistake our daily engagements for the real thing—when really, we're living life secondhand.
September 22, 2021Published by John Michalak on September 22, 2021Categories Beauty Bittersweet Cancer Compassion Connection Creation Death dog-lovers dogs God Grief Joy Mountains Personal Relationship Pets Relationship spiritualityDo All Dogs Go to Haywood County?I'm both a huge dog-lover and adore living in the mountains. Dogs in the mountains? A gift from God above.
September 8, 2021Published by John Michalak on September 8, 2021Categories Aging community Connection Couples Covid-19 Engagement Family friends God intimacy Isolation Life is Relationship Loneliness North Carolina Relationship Romance spirituality Walking WaynesvilleInspirations Along the Waynesville GreenwayMost are starving for human connection, especially with Covid-19. Our local greenway has inspired me to reach out again.