Author Archives: Richard Guzman

SIFE

SIFE stands for “Students In Free Enterprise.”  (Recently, SIFE changed its name to ENACTUS, though it’s still common to read about SIFE/ENACTUS.)  North Central College’s club started with mainly business students whose main concern was the U.S. deficit.  Then they started … Continue reading

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A Radio Show on the Blues

“SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED…BLUE” The blues is America’s most fundamental roots music, still not only the bedrock of most of its popular music—rock, jazz, pop, soul, and more—but continuing to exert an even more powerful influence on world music.  “Something Old, New, … Continue reading

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Cultivating Emptiness

A SHORT MEDITATION ON THE EMMAUS ROAD (Luke 24:13–) Most books on leadership talk about great leaders having a confidence that radiates from an inner stillness and calm—something like: “If you can keep your head about while everybody is losing theirs.” … Continue reading

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