The Alliance Poverty Task Force has been working with the Bridges Out of Poverty program, developed by Ruby Payne at the aha!Process. The Bridges
Editorials
When Success Takes Root
“Meet at Greenhouse in the Snow,” was the plan for my son’s first activity with his new 4-H club. We joined the Goldenrod’s leader,
Thinking of Horses
If you don’t currently have a horse to call your own, perhaps you dream about horses. Interpreting the meaning of horses in your dreams
Lessons Refused
I’m a member of an online book club that’s committed to reading about, and respectfully discussing, controversial subjects. Occasionally, we open a can of
I Love Dommy
I’ve come full circle. When I was six years old, I hated television news. When I was in high school, I started to like
Milk Money
Fourteen doors: a few proclaim “milk jugs”, more invite “Plastics #1-7”. Wait . . . the bottom of the jug has a No. 2,
Finding Comfort
Are you comfortable in your own skin? An old counselor friend of mine use to like saying that. Kind of a catchy interesting phrase.
Spring Forward with these New Nonfiction Reads
The Cold Vanish by Jon Billman: These are the stories that defy conventional logic. The proverbial vanished without a trace incidences, which happen a
Hidden Values of Class
According to Bridges Out of Poverty, the three economic classes, poverty, middle class, and wealth, have different ways of viewing what is important. It
Angels Among Us
There are angels all over my houses because people have been giving them to me for years. Folks evidently think I need all the








