Precious Lord, Take My Hand

This song was written by blues legend Thomas A Dorsey. He helped found northern jazz, Chicago jazz.

After the death of his wife, Dorsey was devastated. She died given birth to their son, who died shortly after. I think you can still hear the pain he felt in his words: I am tired. I’m weak. I’m worn. [Read more]

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Teacher

I do a lot of different things but ultimately I’m a teacher. I’ve done counseling, mediation, and consulting but at my core I teach. I want to help, so I ask questions, prode issues and try to let people discover truths for themselves. I present, encourage, nudge, explain, demonstrate, and tell stupid jokes. [Read more]

Statistics Safari: A 10 Day Guided Tour Of Statistics

 If you’re a people-person who is facing statistics for the first time, this is the book for you. The math won’t be hard, we’ll go step by step, and I won’t make you memorize formulas. I think statistics is scary when you face it alone. So let’s do it together.

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