Saturday Mornings

I’ve noticed …that I notice things. Everybody does, at least, to some extent. An interesting question though might be, why? Why do you I not...

The conversation between your life and God is always happening — the question is whether you hear it. -- Scott Erickson

We control so little beyond our effort . Doing is often as instructive as thinking about doing. Just because you’re used to the cost, do...

Another history...this time of the United Nations .

On the Lighter Side :  

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore. -- William Faulkner

We have forgotten how to be good guests, how to walk lightly on the earth as its other creatures do.  -- Barbara Ward, economist, writer, a...

Most people self-sabotage with self-defeating attitudes and behaviors long before anyone stops them. -- Shane Parrish

Ever noticed ...that m any people are just trying to get something they want (usually, for the perceived benefits that would come with it) a...

The way of faith is not a way of certitude . Certitude is a way of knowledge. We are all called to a way of faith . At each step God asks us...

AXIOS

It seems like pain is required to keep our attention .   Coerced behavior is almost always short-lived — you may get the behavior , but not...

  Morning Brew Yeah right…isn't controversy his whole gig? DOJ moves to dismiss Jan. 6 convictions against former Proud Boys and Oat...

More on what perspective gives you (click image)....

Another lingering reflection , on a recent I'm Wondering... : I'm wondering ...about how we orient ourselves to face the future . Fo...

The greatest danger to our future is apathy. -- Jane Goodall

Let your behavior lead the way. -- James Clear , from The Silent Cost of Bad Habits

CBS NEWS Besides the profound implications , in addition to the overall backlash (not to mention his pathetic back-pedaling  or, perhaps e...

I'm wondering ...about how we orient ourselves to face the future .

Regarding  perspective , there is still something to be said for your point-of-view:   USA TODAY More... here . This reminds me of somethi...

Expose the good, in addition to the bad — using one to cancel the other isn’t in our best interest.    Human interaction is important to o...

' Poem for the week' -- "Persuasion": Man’s life is like a Sparrow, mighty King! That—while at banquet with your Chiefs y...

If this doesn't make you mad, then what would? Chevron's CEO made $104 million while America bombed Iran  This? Hegseth Has Gutte...

Put blinders on to those things that conspire to hold you back, especially the ones in your own head. -- Meryl Streep  

We are the architects of our situation.   -- Simon Sinek

I’ve noticed … adjustments I need to be willing to make in my life.   I know I'm getting older.  My compensation for that has been my f...

Another,  Seriously? This is our President:

As we move from the fear of Holy Friday through the despair of Holy Saturday , there is nothing quite like the joy of new life on  Holy ...

Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.   -- Albert Einstein     Discipline is the g...

Father Richard Rohr  offers a guided meditation , inviting listeners to be present with Jesus at the crucifixion:   Picture yourself before ...

You must  love in such a way that the person you love feels free. -- Thich Nhat Hanh

No foolin'. But, in some ways today, I wish I was. In a week or so, I will be holding another grand-baby.  So, I was sprucing up a bit a...

Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware e...

Ever noticed … when we tend to use people’s imperfections against them?

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. In grass meadows He makes me lie down, by quiet waters guides me. My life He brings back. He lead...

Think about it... here  and here . I saw a sign that read, “Democracy Doesn’t Fear Protests, Dictators Do.” As our fore-fathers knew, the ri...

We have never been (or ever will be) good enough — but, that has never been the point after all.   Things will happen to you — most of whi...

Enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning are like the macro-nutrients of happiness . -- Arthur C.  Brooks

Don’t look only for confirmation of what you already think . On the other hand, recognize that you are not capable of being infinitely open....

Always remember:  Silence and smile are two very powerful tools. -- Paulo Coelho

We become instruments of violence precisely by trying to protect ourselves from it. -- Jason Miller , When The World Breaks

I'm wondering ...what we are doing as a society , when we elect (and continue to support) a President like this: Heather Delaney Reese,...

We need to look at Jesus until we can look out at the world with his kind of eyes. The world no longer trusts Christians who “love Jesus”, ...

Sometimes we just don't want to see things. Believe it or not, America, our highest good is not our productivity . Our surroundings give...

On the Lighter Side :

  Heather Delaney Reese Seriousness here is a pretense (at best): ...from the very beginning of this war, we got a sense that there wasn...

Decisions are best made by the people affected by them. -- Gloria Steinem

Arguing with a fool doesn't change them; it changes you. -- Shane Parrish

I’ve noticed …that I have to choose to let go . In other words, it doesn't happen automatically. 

Love [people] even in [their] sin, for that is the semblance of Divine Love and is the highest love on earth. Love all God’s creation , the ...

Another history...this time of the state of  Maine . Who cares?  Well, maybe we should.  You know what they say about history.... 

Bravado doesn’t make something true — you can’t fake competence for long. We tend to fear the unknown ; what we don’t understand.    If we...

...a values problems.

' Poem for the week' -- "The Means to Attain Happy Life": Martial, the things that do attain   The happy life be these, I...

I am a morning person. What I mean by that is that much of my inspiration for being alive comes from what happens in the early morning. As ...

I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong. -- Frederick Douglass

Picking up from  last week .... Character  informs values and values inform character.  In combination, they manifest behaviors resulting fr...

Ever noticed …that most good things take time ?

Sometimes, it is only in the midst of the “tempest,” in the heart of a storm of circumstances which we can’t control, that we come finally t...

  The current moment and the history  barreling behind it.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. -- Carl Jung The more I think about it, the more I f...

On a day of memorial for Rev. Jesse Jackson, a brief history that Keeps Needing To Be Told

Balance.   That's what we need  right now, right? Unless our head is in the sand of all our TV shows, we are collectively struggling wit...

The blizzard doesn't last forever; it just seems so. -- Ray Bradbury