Bill McDonald's Newsletter - Archive

A New Way to Pray – Boldly

OK, for this one I’m putting on my semi-religious/spiritual writer’s hat. First, some backstory. My father was a Methodist minister.  My mother the daughter of

June 30, 2025

A “Third Thing”

This concept has been bouncing around in my head for a number of years, with no memory where it came from.  I believe it was

June 9, 2025

Survival with Integrity

This is a difficult time for so many right now.  Many don’t know what to believe, who to trust.  Many don’t know what to do. 

April 15, 2025

Liars

Part Two in a series on Countering Aggression Lying as Aggression My working definition here of lying is A conscious corruption of reality by the

March 11, 2025

How to Speak to a New Year Like This One

I receive a weekly online publication, Maria Popova’s The Marginalian (founded in 2006) In Praise of the Telescopic Perspective:A Reflection on Living Through Turbulent Times.https://www.themarginalian.org/2017/12/21/reflection/

January 20, 2025

From Darkness to Hope

I need to share that in writing under this title, that I am not just honoring the wisdom of the seasons of Nature. I want

December 16, 2024

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