Joe Langen

United States, English

My home page presents my writing. I have written four books, Commonsense Wisdom for Everyday Life, Young Man of the Cloth, The Pastor's Inferno and Navigating Life:Commonsense Reflections for the Voyage. I also write a biweekly newspaper column Selections from my books and columns appear on my website.

On-Demand Episodes

Chats with Calliope: Sliding Otter News

by Joe Langen
on Sat, Oct 23, 2010 UTC

Sliding Otter News October 23, 2010 Volume 2, Issue 23 Breast Cancer’s Lessons for the Lives We Live “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experiencein which you stop to look fear in the face.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt... more

Chats with Calliope- How We Learn and Why It Matters

by Joe Langen
on Tue, Oct 19, 2010 UTC

Sliding Otter News September 25, 2010 Volume 2, Issue 22 How We Learn and Why It Matters Columbus Circle Crowd Any genuine teaching will result, if successful, in someone’s knowing how to bring about a better condition of things... more

Chats with Calliope: What Is Art and What Is It for?

by Joe Langen
on Sun, Sep 12, 2010 UTC

What Is Art and What Is It For? Sculpture in Gijon, Espana A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his mind is a craftsman; a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an... more

Chats with Calliope- Taking on the Fears Which Paralyze Us

by Joe Langen
on Mon, Aug 30, 2010 UTC

Great Siege Tunnel- Gibraltar ~Taking a new step, uttering a new word is what people fear most~ Benjamin Disraeli Standing on Luna Island, I watched people marvel at nature’s grandeur and power. Some pondered the thousands of... more

What Animals Teach Us About Our Lives

by Joe Langen
on Mon, Aug 16, 2010 UTC

Barbary Apes ~Lots of people talk to animals…Not very many listen, though…That’s the problem~ Benjamin Huff, The Tao of Pooh Recently, as Carol and I drove home at dusk, we scanned the meadows along the highway where... more

Chats with Calliope- Sliding Otter News- From Stranger to Friend to...

by Joe Langen
on Fri, Aug 6, 2010 UTC

~The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing—not healing, not caring…that is a friend who cares~ Henri Nouwen... more

Chats with Calliope- Strangers, Acquaintances and Friends

by Joe Langen
on Mon, Jul 26, 2010 UTC

Meeting People JOE: Good morning Calliope. CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe. I haven’t heard from you for a while. What have you been up to? JOE: For one thing I am back to work on my novel, Marital Property. CALLIOPE: Have... more

Sliding Otter news- Listening to Each Others' Stories

by Joe Langen
on Mon, Jul 19, 2010 UTC

Broadway Street Sculpture ~People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality too. It goes from one generation to another~ Studs Terkel Recently I tended a table at the Batavia... more

Chats with Calliope- An Artistic Week

by Joe Langen
on Sat, Jul 10, 2010 UTC

Fraterrigo Family- Batavia Ramble JOE: Good morning Calliope. CALLIOPE: Good morning Joe, You must be busy lately. JOE: You guessed right. I feel like I have been on the run for the past week. CALLIOPE: Tell me about it. JOE: I told... more

My Very Own Mr. Bojangles

by Joe Langen
on Tue, Jul 6, 2010 UTC

Orange Butterfly ~I know a man Bojangles and he’d dance for you In worn out shoes With silver hair, a ragged shirt and baggy pants The old soft shoe~ Mr Bojangles- Jerry Jeff Walker I didn’t know John was a dancer. As we... more

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