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Shackleton's Way


"He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead."
In Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, the risen Christ is the powerful center of The Last Judgment. His mother turns away, as she no longer...
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23 hours ago


A Charming 6th Century Icon
Then he broke the bread... and everyone had all they wanted.
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2 days ago


Christ in the Storm
This Rembrandt was stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardener in 1990.
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2 days ago


The Census at Bethlehem
Interesting to see this story interpreted by a 17th century Dutch painter. Bruegel shows us quite vividly how crowded the town was and...
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2 days ago


Leonardo - The Annunciation
This Lent season, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at how the great artists interpreted the words of the Gospel. 20 year...
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250 years ago on April 18, 1775
Paul Revere's drawing of the North End, colorized by ChatGPT, April 2025. About 10:00 at night Dr. Warren sent someone for Paul Revere....
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3 days ago


Paul Revere, American Hero
North End, Boston by Paul Revere ca. 1775 Two hundred and fifty years ago today, Dr. Joseph Warren asked Paul Revere to ride to Lexington...
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5 days ago


Landing at Elephant Island
I'm loving colorizing these photos on ChatGPT.
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5 days ago


Frozen, starving, exhausted...
After seven days in the boats, they landed on Elephant Island. Throughout their horrific ordeal, Shackleton had exhibited his usual...
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6 days ago


A great leadership moment
Shackleton tells the story in South : Seeing Worsley taking a sun-sighting at noon, Shackleton "jumped into Worsley's boat in order to...
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Apr 12


April 11, 1916
"To us it was a day that seemed likely to lead to no more days. I do not think I had ever before felt the anxiety that belongs to...
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Apr 11


April 9, 1916
"Now our home was being shattered under our feet, and we had a sense of loss and incompleteness hard to describe." Shackleton...
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Apr 9
The Life of Jesus
Hello! A couple of days ago, it popped into my head to look at the glorious words of the Gospel juxtaposed against the works of the...
Margot Morrell
Mar 23


The Difficult Days at Patience Camp
This entry from Orde-Lees Journal provides a picture of what the Endurance crew was doing to keep themselves productively busy during the...
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Mar 4
Update
A little traveling - picked up the inevitable bug - did my taxes. Let's get back to work! Today is National Anthem Day. Signed into law...
Margot Morrell
Mar 3
Posting on X
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Feb 12
"Tact and Leadership"
“Any and every duty is undertaken cheerfully and willingly and no complaint or whining is ever heard no matter what hardships or...
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Feb 8


Summing Up Shackleton
Shackleton In the opinion of Shackleton's team, he was "the greatest leader who ever came on God's earth, bar none." Photographer Frank...
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Jan 27


Coaching Yourself through Tough Times
Photographer Frank Hurley and Shackleton at Ocean Camp Imagine being trapped on a melting ice floe with limited food supplies, no chance...
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Jan 24
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Leading By Example
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Communicating Effectively
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Keeping Up Morale
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Maintaining a Positive Attitude
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