Saturday Mornings

Another,  Seriously — This is our President? : If You Thought Tulsi Gabbard Was A Problem :   The law that creates the DNI position specifi...

I didn't fall in love , I rose in it. -- Toni Morrison

I have what I call an iron prescription that helps me keep sane when I naturally drift toward preferring one ideology over another. And that...

Ever noticed ... how ineffective trying to out-yell someone is?

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Wholehearted spirituality in the freedom of the Spirit gives us courage , courage to bear witness to God’s grace against all odds, courage...

We have this habit of thinking that our “current” self is the permanent one. --  Kareem Abdul- Jabbar   I want to become acutely aware of al...

  On the Lighter Side :

In an area that I routinely walk , someone recently cleared a bunch of the heavy foliage that had built up next to the path. Just a few days...

You have to pick the places you don't walk away from.  -- Joan Didion

A good leader is curious to hear ideas from others. A bad leader cares more that others hear their ideas.   -- Simon  Sinek

I'm wondering ...about what causes us as a society to fall asleep to what is going on around us (or, for that matter, to wake up).

MORNING BREW The more things change, the more they stay the same. June 1 is always an important day; per the above, now as much as ever. An...

5 truths about Sabbath :  Sabbath is not a reward for hard work  Sabbath is a reminder that our work will remain incomplete  Sabbath is a da...

What brings them joy can bring you joy .   You’re either cooperating with a natural order of things or you’re making it harder to do so.  ...

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In case you need this today: I’ve only been fired once. Here’s the story. I was sixteen years old and worked about ten to fifteen hours a we...

What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful. -- Brené Brown

One way to respect yourself is to take the space that you need — to  make  space . To be in silence long enough to hear what is really goin...

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes . -- Oscar Wilde

Memorial Day this year provokes so much we almost feel soul-numb to its import, at least on the political side of things. Sometimes we jus...

Memorial Day — a history... here : Joseph Pulitzer We know why we need history, right? If we can’t be honest about the past , how can we bu...

The love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no person can separate themselves from another person. -- St. Juli...

It’s the habits you form while you’re waiting that become critical.   You can’t subcontract your own thinking…or shouldn’t.  People will ...

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' Poem for the week' -- "INSPIRATION": This planet will not be healed by powerful politicians in big cities who spend tr...

The only safe thing is to take a chance . -- Elaine May

Truth be told, even more than success, control or the effective management of ones life, what we really want from other people is their  hum...

The most prepared person in the room usually says the least. -- Shane Parrish

Another,  Seriously — This is our President? : Trump’s Derangement on Full Display in Most Unhinged Social Media Night Yet :   Oh, and belie...

I’ve noticed …that my discipline is increasingly becoming focused on what I need to pay attention to, in any given moment.  In other words,...

Morning Brew

We must not imagine that political changes of themselves will ever bring about the goodness , charity, or transformation that the gospel of...

Brown v. Board of Education — a history... here .

Too often we don’t even know how our fears are operating within us.     Few things have happened in my life that have not ended up being re...

It's ' commencement ' time again:   Passion brings you joy . Purpose brings you meaning.  -- Harrison Ford, commencement addres...

Another,  Seriously — This is our President? : Heather Delaney Reese This one seems more true than even he knows: I don't think about Am...

Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness .   -- Virgil

Great companies don't hire skilled people and motivate them. Great companies hire motivated people and inspire them.   -- Simon  Sinek

Ever noticed ...t he more you have, the greater the tendency to think about what you have to lose? Image what this looks like on scale (wel...

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“This beautiful word ‘mother’ is so sweet and kind in itself that it cannot be attributed to anyone but God.” With these words, Julian offer...

Mothers Day — a history... here .

Live like you actually believe it (vs the alternative).   Make you sure you notice when you don't think you can afford to give.   We a...

  I’m obsessed with the idea that a guy who wears jeans and drives a Jeep today is basically the same creature that wore animal skins and l...

Do we still have a conscience ?  Can conscience become corrupted? Our sense of conscience is so baked in that we all tend to think we know e...

In the end these things matter most:  How well did you love ?  How fully did you live?  How deeply did you learn to let go ? -- Jack Kornfie...

Don't be nervous.  Work calmly, joyously , recklessly on whatever is in hand. -- Henry Miller

I'm wondering ...what most influences our ability to grow , particularly as adults?

Another,  Seriously — This is our President? : Late on Friday night, President Donald J. Trump took to social media. At 11:03 he posted an A...

Some really good theology here... Anatomy of the Soul, Wk 2  (according to the Biblical book of Romans, perhaps even all you really need).

Wealth isn't a distinction. If I have no other achievement to my credit than the accumulation of wealth , then I have made a poor succes...

 ...worth both your time and consideration.

AXIOS I’d like to hear the truth. That would be pretty remarkable from this Secretary of Defense. -- Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), a military ...

It is so easy to give, so exquisitely rewarding. -- John Steinbeck

In our pursuit of professional excellence, we frequently overlook the most fundamental element of any organization, a hidden dimension to  l...

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 noti...

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...

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