Growing Bolder Community

Four years ago yesterday, my wife passed away. It was a wake-up call for me...I thought I was going to live forever. One of the best thing that comes out of loved ones passing on is the realization that we are all mortal and each day is precious. I decided a year after she passed away to spend more time enjoying life and less time working! Enter the Adventures of Rocky Bottum! Stay tuned for...

Next week Friday I will be "officially" installed as the Pastor of the Center for Spiritual Living Baltimore. I stated thinking about how I got here. In the past, I've always thought about this Path starting when I was a young adult ... however, this evening driving home, I remembered being in 4th grade in Ramona Convent Catholic Girls School, running out of the classroom crying....

Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation from office worker to ocean rower, described with humor and soul-baring honesty in her blogs, captivated a worldwide audience. Roz is now...

Before I begin with my topic, let me just say that I am fully aware that I am about to sound like my father used to, telling me about how he had to walk several miles to school, in the snow, by foot, with wild packs of dogs chasing him all the way. Okay, he never said the last part but you know what I mean. Anyway, this is my official disclaimer that I realize that I am going to sound somewhat...