Saturday Mornings

The biggest indicator of whether people believed an image was genuine or not was whether they agreed with its contents. -- Emma Grey Ell...

I've noticed  that it doesn't really work to hold out for people's consistencies.  Or, perhaps I could put it this way; holding ...

If we over-use the intellectual center, then our work lies in bringing the  emotional  and moving centers fully online and integrating them....

Instagram:  austinchanning I believe firmly that to practice love is to disrupt the status quo which is masquerading as peace . ...

Visual - "Dimensionality": Winona Lake, IN

Owning your story is the bravest thing you will ever do. -- Brené Brown I'm wondering ...what is keeping me from owning more of m...

Learning  isn't just adding more content to the buckets of knowledge we already have. It's breaking some of our existing categori...

There is a pernicious cultural myth that our minds are the most powerful thing about us.  We think we are thought-based creatures.  But w...

Ever noticed ...how much people talk about what they think they know? I rarely hear people asking questions —like "can you tell me mo...

My journey toward freedom from slaveholder religion has been one of unlearning a hyper-individualized piety. -- Jonathan Wilson-Hartgr...

I don't know many kids who actually talk that way...at least in the moment.   Now years later, yes—I've heard something like ...

Do you see a connection between today’s posts? "...the madder they are, the more fearful they are, the more money they're goi...

After attending church on Aug. 19, 1901, 23-year-old Caseila Wild set off alone on the long walk back to her country home. Later that day,...

' Poem selection' for the week -- "After a Reading of “Darkwater”": I did not think... I did not know...      What pal...

True strength is the courage to admit weakness. -- Simon Sinek If it's not obvious, this week I'm working with the relationsh...

Gentleness can be a kind of  strength  that bears with another's  weakness .

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can bring peace to others. -- Thomas à Kempis

I've noticed ...so much of love is learning how to surrender —how to let go. If the old saying is still true, you really are limited ...

Instagram:  nakedpastor Instagram:  austinchanning You can't choose justice and the status quo. -- Austin Channing Brow...

Americans don’t typically  sleep  well. One large survey showed that people get a full, uninterrupted night of sleep on only about one out...

It’s all happening at once, and we have to choose . What to read, listen to, answer? A spam from a scammer An @ mention on Slack ...

We live in a culture that fetishizes passion and  certainty . -- Elizabeth Gilbert

Better get out in front of it! Is anybody willing to admit how exhausted they are trying to do this everywhere it seems to be required? Are ...

It would seem that, quite possibly, the ultimate measure of health in any community might well reside in our ability to stand in awe at wha...

Ever noticed ...that progress is rarely like a straight line?

An unbrief  Saturday Morning consideration (good for a full cup of coffee ): It is very rare that human beings have a chance to rethink ...

One recent-history perspective on the use of riots: In the origin myth of post-1960s liberalism, all the defeats that the Democratic Par...

' Poem selection' for the week -- "In the Year of Permutations": Go live with yourself after what you didn’t do. Go ...

Instagram: brenebrown The system is not broken. It was built this way. --  Brené  Brown To change it, we are going to have to ...

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. -- George Bernard Shaw People will figure out what we really believe , ...

I've noticed ...that I sometimes  resist  things, because of ways I've felt resisted by others.  Not something I'm particularly ...

When fear is dominating the dynamic and nothing else feels capable of working, it seems to me the  church  is uniquely positioned to demons...

A riot is the language of the unheard. -- Martin Luther  King , Jr. Will we let that sink in...and  listen  to what is being said ?

In any needed conversation, including the one referenced yesterday : Fear  affects our ability to be  present  in a conversation, to conne...

What do you think about this observation? If I added this, what about now?  Which image above pricks us the most?  Why?   D...

Sometimes it is the crispness of a truth that cuts to the chase. Other times, it is the illustration of truth that enables it to resonate...

Ever noticed ...how many times people are asking questions only to confirm their pre-conceived notions?  ...not because they are really int...

Ambition is refusing to quit on ourselves. Leadership is refusing to quit on others. -- Simon Sinek It seems there are many contexts f...

The very nature of faith assumes that it changes , grows , and evolves .  I think this is by design and is consistent with all forms of lif...

Instagram:  hillaryliannamcbride I don't think 'being good' is anything other than being. -- Hillary McBride

A poetic  version of the below ? -- "Let everything happen to you": Let everything happen to you Beauty and terror Just keep ...

...you cannot hold on to the past (con't). It's not that the past doesn't (didn't), in some sense, exist.  But, you have ...

You cannot  hold on  to the past. The more you try to do so, the more you inhibit the present , which is the doorway to the future .

I've learned that it's harder to hate up close. -- Michelle Obama, Becoming

I've noticed ...that I am most human when my imagination is the greatest. And, yes, I think the opposite is true as well.

The total social program that Jesus advocated was based on communion, friendship , distribution, and partnership. This contrasts with a soc...

In a video chat last night, a friend admitted, “I’ve been crying a lot, and I’m not sure why.”  COVID-19  has given us many reasons to wee...

There’s a moment near the end of most sports movies when the coach gives a heartfelt pep talk right before the crucial game. The coach wil...

Visual  - "Framed":

After years of being taught that the way to deal with pain ful emotions is to get rid of them, it can take a lot of reschooling to learn t...

What makes someone effective, in personal ways?  Obviously, there are a few things to unpack around such a question.  What, in fact, are w...

The problem is that results often occur before consequences. Take business, for example; sometimes, you can make money faster than you can...

Ever noticed ...how often  anger is viewed as an imperfection (if not a  sin )?

What if, instead of ignoring the great theme of motherly compassion because we see some wrathful , vengeful, Old Covenant deity who is som...

COVID-19  're-opening’ is happening—the question is, to what? In the midst of the social distancing necessitated by this pandemi...