First Step Consultation – Brian Farr M.S. in Ed., C.A.S.A.C.

  We have been having some fun at my house recently by watching some of the iconic movies from the past with my kids.  They are at the age now where they understand many of the deeper meanings in these films, and it is also interesting to see just how far film-making, technology, and the […]

“When we grew up and went to school, there were certain teachers who would hurt the children any way they could…” Those lyrics by the band Pink Floyd are ominous, filled with pain, and hard to fathom.  Why would teachers want to intentionally hurt students?  What is harder to believe is that the song, though […]

  I realized something odd this week.  I feel O.K.  Peaceful.  Tranquil.  Serene.  And this is odd for me, because my life circumstances haven’t changed in any significant way to cultivate these feelings.  If anything, my life situation today is more uncertain, unpredictable, and downright scary than ever before.  And it would seem that I […]

  Things were getting ugly.  You could feel the anger and tension rising in the mob as each second passed by.  More and more people were joining the unruly group, many of them visibly burned, and tired, and dehydrated from hours in the sun.  There were children in the midst of it all – some […]

Do you enjoy science?  I enjoy it now more than I used to.  I never much cared for math, either, unless it involved money.  Then I found it interesting.  I can remember sitting at my grandparent’s kitchen table counting small piles of coins and putting them in paper rolls to bring to the bank.  I […]

  I am part of the great “social network” now, and I log in every now and then to check on my status and to see if anyone new wants to be my friend.  I was resistant to joining it all at first, and it was my wife who convinced me.  Up until then, I had […]

I turned myself in last week.  It had to be done.  It was only a matter of time until they found me, and took me, and made me responsible for what I had done.  In truth, I was relieved when I was finally in the building and gave myself up.  I had expected that the […]

I recently saw a bumper sticker that read “Do you feel safer yet?”  I could relate.  Because usually I don’t.  But the sentiment got me thinking about the countless times I have turned to anger, resentments, or good old revenge when I have felt threatened or challenged, or worst of all, scared in the past.  […]

There is a lion in my backyard.  But if you come to visit, don’t worry – she won’t attack you.  She can’t.  And she wouldn’t even if she could.  She’s not that kind of a lion.    Simba was sent to me – like most things that have entered my life – from God.  I […]

  Last week I talked about the chasm that appears to exist between religious beliefs and scientific explanation of the origins of our world and everything around it.  This relationship has troubled me for years.  It seems ironic that religion and science, both having the same goal of discovering the “truth,” are often viewed in […]