You’ll have to watch a 15-second ad at the beginning, but this Broadway Zoom conference is worth it. We’re talking the original cast! And be sure to click the full screen icon in the bottom-right corner. – Indy Beagle

That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. […]

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Click for the sign-up page. This class has been $3,500 for the past 20 years, but due to “unlimited seating,” this livestream will be only $1,000 and ALUMNI get a 50% discount, as always. And everyone who signs up will get a second access code to give to a friend at no extra charge. This […]

Once upon a time there was a tavernWhere we used to raise a glass or two.Remember how we laughed away the hoursAnd think of all the great things we would do. Those were the days my friend.We thought they’d never end.We’d sing and dance forever and a day.We’d live the life we choose.We’d fight and […]

When Water Falls from the Sky What if we had no word for rain? What if, generation after generation, we simply called it water-falling-from-the-sky? “Words. I’m surrounded by thousands of words. Maybe millions. Words have swirled around me like snowflakes – each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands. Deep within me, […]

Jesus and the Tooth Fairy Q: What do Jesus and the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus have in common? A: Grown-ups told us stories about them when we were children. And then one day we realized the grown-ups had been lying.  Yes, they did it because they loved us and they wanted us […]

You might agree with John Pavlovitz or violently disagree.That’s not the point. But regardless of whether or not you agree with his position, you have to admit that he writes powerfully and clearly. Pavlovitz posted this essay on May 4, 2020. He is a pastor in North Carolina. Freedom is an unearned privilege—and you have […]

Brad says, “Unlike the millennials, I don’t use filters to make my photos cool. The only filter I used was shooting through a rainy windshield.”

I’m 21 years old but my thinning hair makes me look about 30. I consider this to be my greatest asset. I walk the retail sidewalks, looking in windows, deciding if I will go in. A peddler goes door to door unthinkingly, playing the odds, tossing his pitch to anyone who will catch it like […]

I like Brian’s poem, don’t you? It reminds me of something I read once:“Books, like friends, should be carefully chosen. They influence you even when you don’t think they do.” – Indy Beagle

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When Water Falls from the Sky What if we had no word for rain? What if, generation after generation, we simply called it water-falling-from-the-sky? “Words. I’m surrounded by thousands of words. Maybe millions. Words have swirled around me like snowflakes – each one delicate and different, each one melting untouched in my hands. Deep within me, […]

According to a story at TheStreet.com, “Movie-theater chain AMC  will no longer screen films made by Comcast-owned Universal Pictures after Universal opted to bypass theaters and release its ‘Trolls: World Tour’ animated movie directly to consumers amid the coronavirus pandemic and global lockdown.” “Effectively immediately AMC will no longer play any Universal movies in any of […]

Wanna hear something else that’s kind of interesting? Just a few hours after the wizard wrote about Paul Giamatti’s Dad for today’s Monday Morning Memo, Paul Giamatti showed up on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Tessa in the winds of La Mancha

Hoots and Thomas are wonderful Wizard of Ads partners and they are magical when it comes to fundraising. Read Donoricity by Steve Thomas.

In 1842, Fred Barnett Miller of New Orleans – an employee of the Federal government – was told to relocate “out west” to a little settlement called Rillo.  So Fred made the trip to Rillo and immediately went to the telegraph office. Upon his arrival he paid the telegraph operator to respond to all telegraphs sent […]

John Engelbrecht handed me a sealed envelope 13 years ago and said, “Someday I’ll be gone. When that happens, give this to my son.” The time has come for me to give that envelope to his son. John Engelbrecht, in good spirits, died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on Saturday, April 18. I liked […]

The Wisdom of Early Reinvention A few years ago, Yvon Chouinard was asked, “How do you know if you’re making the right move? He said, “It’s a lot of gut instinct. If you study something to death, if you wait for the customer to tell you what he wants, you’re going to be too late, especially […]