Saturday Mornings

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live . -- Albus Dumbledore

The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive . The great opportunity is where you are . -- John Burroughs

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose . -- Steve Jobs

On these frigid days and nights, we cling to each other's bodies, if not for the warmth we seek for our bones, then for the comfort we s...

Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and fitter for new projects than for settled business. ...

Naturally, we are inclined to be so mathematical and calculating that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. Certainty is the mark of the...

Wow! Good vocals and guitar...didn't know Downey had it in him!

Pain often begs for your humanity first...and then often for God .

Only the respect of the led creates a leader . -- Ricardo Semler I have not read the book, Maverick , but based on this description , i...

The problem is that the overwhelming desire to be certain can eclipse the need to grow or be different, and it can limit our potential. ...

No habit has any real hold on you other than the hold you have on it. -- Gardner Hunting

7 Crippling Parenting Behaviors: 1. We don’t let our children experience risk 2. We rescue too quickly 3. We rave too easily 4. We ...

God is delighted to watch your soul enlarge. -- Meister Eckhart

...now that's doin' laundry!

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities , we get only as we give. -- William Simms

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. -- Edith Wharton

While lives of meaningfulness and happiness overlap, they are distinctly different, according to Stanford research. "Happiness was li...

  There's one trait that always comes through among the successful:   hard work . Let me list six simple things that help...: ...

Perfection, in a Christian sense, means becoming mature enough to give ourselves to others . -- Kathleen Norris

Love is...patient.  First of all,  love  is patient. It is patient with me and that affords me the strength to be the same in myself ...

I remember reading The Secret Life of Walter Mitty when I was in high school, or at least starting to.  I may have finished it, I don...

Mentally Strong People: 13 Things They Avoid 1. Waste Time Feeling Sorry for Themselves 4. Waste Energy on Things They Can’t Control ...

Character development is the great, if not the sole, aim of education. -- William O'Shea The more I reflect on this, the more true ...

Speaking of graces , what a wonderful read / contemplation by Ann Voskamp on a new year -- looking back and moving forward: We are all go...

Many people don't seem to realize the many kindnesses on top of graces they have received...thinking somehow that what they have is some...

How fitting for one of the most frigid days in Indiana history: A snow flake is one of God's most fragile creations, but look what th...

The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, man does not . -- Oswald Chambers

From ' A Henri Nouwen Society Blog ': To the degree that we accept that through Christ we ourselves have been reconciled with God...

He must increase, I must decrease. I can afford to feel smaller.  This is important because it is often the opposite out of which I live -...

After another year gone by , what lies ahead?   "Do things become clearer as you grow older or do you just get better at settling...

Here are some of my favorites from 2013: January: Dead or Dormant? Choosing Strength Aggressive Forgiveness Letting Them Go Hope for ...

Suffering may be someone’s fault or it may not be anyone's fault. But if given to God, our suffering becomes an opportunity to experie...

To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more the road which is too hard fo...

God examines both rich and poor, not according to their lands and houses, but according to the riches of their hearts . -- St. Augustine

I feel that I am not to be mended, but transformed . -- Seneca This, perhaps, is the real energy of our joy ...we're not just being...

Joy to the World , the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King ; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Hea...

The singing of angels.  Singing seems synonymous with angels to us and yet it is something we hardly ever actually expect to hear. What wo...

Pursuit without forcing something is a delicate task.  And, it is easy to give up on the former out of fear of the latter. Waiting is jus...

Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him.... -- Psalm 37:7 Some people I call Christmas Christians. The most important thi...

Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and mat...

Business takes its lumps in our culture today and some of it is most certainly deserved -- greed is alive and well. So it is nice to see an...

Twice now in the last month (that I recognize anyway), I have received something from someone that would be easy just to 'explain away...

Thank you for another day...another chance to give. ...not another day to live, another day to give . I don't feel this at all...to...

It's significant that a recent study found that getting enough sleep turned out to be a major preventive in depression. -- Deepak Ch...

  The reason we work 8 hours a day isn’t based on science. It’s just a century-old practiced based on running factories efficiently -- ...

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. -- John 15:11 I am grateful for 4 powerful words...

  And almost a victory to add to a great game...SO CLOSE!!!  More pics  here ....

Its funny, you can observe what happens to your parents and relatives. But for some reason, you just don't believe those circumstances w...

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why . -- Mark Twain

We all live in cages with the doors wide open. -- George Lucas

To realize that someone who wants to change and cannot do so, without our forgiveness , is a most powerful thing. This thought woke me rec...

Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping it will kill your enemies. As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my f...

Waiting for Christ’s second coming and waiting for the resurrection are one and the same. The second coming is the coming of the risen Chri...

Not your typical Dance-Cam after the first 30 seconds...gotta watch the kid and usher duelin'! ...you just can't not smile, if n...

The bridge  from fear — and its redeemed form, hope — to peace is active waiting.... We all long for peace, and at many levels.  We would ...

The waters below are tempestuous.  Every truth becomes real, when a story surrounds it...reveals it. The past couple of months have been i...

They are inspired. Not by being shown, which is only the first step in the leader’s task, but by connecting their personal needs and values ...

Inspiration exists, but it must find you working . -- Pablo Picasso

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now . -– Chinese Proverb

If you are to receive your due, you must be punished. What then is done? God has not rendered you due punishment, but bestows upon you unmer...

Since there probably won't be much to cheer about in Ann Arbor today; this should give anyone something to cheer about: ...well, af...

You must once and for all give up being worried about success and failures. Dont let that concern you. Its your duty to go on working stead...

Thanksgiving : Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,   for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning;   gr...

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude . -- Friedrich Nietzsche

Transformation  is the natural consequence of thankfulness for the understanding of  who you really are .

No person can consistently behave in a way that's inconsistent with the way he perceives himself. -- Dr. Neil Anderson

The should be no walls of defense towards God or each other, even if we have been hurt.  The pain we experience in life can be overwhelming...

The mind is everything. What you think you become. -- Buddha Certain traditions would dismiss this observation, simply because of the s...

I am fascinated by the dynamics of the human mind and brain (more to follow on this): Like it or not—although this one’s really hard to l...

It is not abstinence from pleasures that is best, but mastery over them without being worsted. -- Aristippus

Romance isn’t measured by how viral your proposal goes. The internet age may try to sell you something different, but don’t ever forget tha...

The best things are nearest :  breath in your nostrils, light in your eyes, flowers at your feet, duties at your hand, the path of God just ...

Men occasionally stumble over the truth , but most of them pick  themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened. -- Winston Chur...

As a kind of liturgy, I stand before our five-year-old church every September and ask a question: “Should we continue to exist as a church f...

I often take things for granted -- things like being honest . But it is helpful to be honest with one's self.  In fact, it is needed. ...

The single most important element in any human relationship is honesty -- with oneself, with God, and with others. -- Catherine Marshal...

"No one cares how much you know until they first know how much you care about them. When they know you care , then they will listen ...

When written in Chinese, the word crisis is composed of two characters.  One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity .

A brilliant leader will recognize the limits of his or her tenure and will continue in leadership only by remaining sensitive to and aware o...

God speaks to us through our desires. Then as we lay them at his feet, he helps us sort them out and quiets our hearts to accept what he ha...

Walk through life with a measuring stick – and your eyes get so small you never see God. -- Ann Voskamp , A Holy Experience

While we need no science to tell us sleep matters, science can enhance our understanding of all the reasons why. Over recent years, no doubt...

There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth - not going all the way, and not starting. -- Buddha

Has capitalism failed? Or, if you like, is it failing? Let me be clear. I don’t mean: is capitalism useless, awful, worthless? I do mean: is...

2013's Fall is now competing with the best of them:  

"My daughter's new elementary school principal sent this message to all students as they received their state standardized test sco...

Where we, like Peter, tend to grab for our swords , Jesus turned to  prayer .

It's a long listen; I did it in chunks over several weeks. Lot's of 'nuggets' - here's a few I've found: Silen...