Create Innovation Teams at the Diocese or Parish Level

As a citizen of Centennial Colorado, I get the city newsletter mailed to my home quarterly. One of the articles was about Centennial’s Innovation Team that is gathering community input on solutions to common aging challenges of its citizens. The areas of focus include work and volunteer opportunities, transportation, engagement, health, finance, community, housing and […]

Attributes needed for success in achieving big goals

Photo of Brooke Raboutou

Brooke Raboutou is a young rock climber of prodigious ability. She set seven climbing records before she turned 12 years old. In this video, she outlines many attributes needed for anyone to achieve big goals. In her case, it’s conquering sheer vertical rock! What challenges are you facing that seems insurmountable? To summarize this 8-minute […]

Find joy in your life in 90 seconds

Happy family in the park

Timers out? Ready, set, GO! We naturally desire the good things in life. God made these gifts for us to enjoy. However our desire for these gifts such as sex, food, wine, a house on the hill, a fast car gradually pull us away from the creator of those gifts. The gifts / objects in […]

Rome, we have lift-off, lift-off on Attollo 1. We have pilot launch!

Attollo Jar of Dirt to remind us of our humanity

What a momentous day yesterday for Attollo. The pilot launch occurred within the walls of the Augustine Institute, here in Colorado. The leaders of A.I. were gracious enough to provide the meeting room space for us, on the Feast Day of St. Augustine. Ten business owners spent a full day, very precious time, testing out […]

Wheat is the staff of life for 1.2 billion people who live on less than US$ 2 a day

Field of wheat by Photo by James Ahlberg on Unsplash

Written by Dr. Thomas Lumpkin , Director General, CIMMYT “The history of wheat is the history of civilization. Over 10,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, our ancestors ascended from an existence as hunter-gatherers and began tending and domesticating crops. Thus began wheat’s symbiotic relationship with the history of civilization and humankind’s responsibility as stewards […]