Saturday Mornings

Grace cannot prevail until our lifelong certainty that someone is keeping score has run out of steam and collapsed. -- Robert F.  Capon

Evangelicals struggle to create and sustain lasting, influential cultural institutions because we too often think in terms of individual go...

You can only give from what you have...and I'm not referring to things. Timing may have as much of an influence on things as anything....

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Visual - "Details": Winona Lake, IN

Remember that you already are what you are seeking. -- Richard Rohr

We tend to see things from where we see things. Like we think how we think because of who we spend time with, we see what we see because of...

A  leader  should not take credit when things go right if they are not willing to accept responsibility when things go wrong.  -- Simon  Sin...

I've noticed ...it’s easier to be mad, than it is to be sad. I've also noticed...I'm not well-suited to live with perpetual tens...

This is interesting on a number of topics.  Against that backdrop, it gets quite fascinating around 26:58 with respect to paganism , Trump ...

' Poem for the week' -- "Final Soliloquy of the Interior Paramour": Light the first light of evening, as in a room In w...

Regarding the election : AXIOS Regarding COVID-19 : Regarding golf:

 Man suffers most through his fears of suffering .  -- Etty Hillesum If you plan to build a tall house of virtues, you must first lay deep...

AXIOS Do you feel impatient about the results of the election ?  I do. And, so, I am reminded of these sacred verses: But if we hope for w...

 As I left the voting place, I felt aware of 2 things: Joy of the opportunity to register my voice (even if just one of many — there are th...

For those of us who want to see democracy survive and thrive—and we are legion—the heart is where everything begins: that grounded place in...

On the eve of the US Presidential election , where hopes are so high (on both sides), this kind of hope (for me) transcends the outcome, ho...

We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim to defend the sacredness of every human life. Rene...

  Let me blow your mind a bit: When you choose things, you’re not choosing based on personal preferences. Your choices are somewhat random,...

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' Poem for the week' -- "Aunt Chloe’s Politics": Of course, I don’t know very much     About these politics , But I t...

Before you speak of peace , you must first have it in your heart.  -- St. Francis of Assisi

Empathy is taking the time to understand the path that someone else has walked. -- Mrs Murphy, Idaho Falls teacher Both individually an...

If you find that you can't seem to give yourself to something, it usually means that you are giving yourself to something else.  What ar...

"Times are a changin'" , regarding how we do things.  As of just a few days ago:   AXIOS So many are hoping that in just ...

I've had an ' I’m wondering ...' mini-series going on here for some time now (follow the link by the same name, if interested). ...

' Poem for the week' -- "You Still Dream": Here, poem meets prayer. We are exceedingly comfortable with posturing and sel...

In the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study, patients who adhered to healthy dietary principles (low me...

Visual - ' Fall Tree of the Day , 2020" Winona Lake, IN More Fall 2020 pics here ....

New actions will be guided by a preferred future that embraces: resilience in place of growth collaboration in place of consumption wisdom...

When you judge people that are different from you, you’re killing them. Yes, it is THAT serious. You're killing part of them and, any ...

Your team is down by a few points and the game is almost over. What play should you call? [When can we talk about the system of drafting and...

Ever noticed ...how often people’s strengths , good or bad, are often a function of or correlate with their surroundings?

  Instagram:  mariashriver I want to remind you of your decency, of your character , of your compassion and your vulnerability .  I want ...

I'm not against Christian hope , just using it to sell things. -- Barbara Brown Taylor

A few years ago, an unimaginable thing happened in my life. I wanted to help someone I cared about, someone who was sick with an illness he...

' Poem for the week' -- "Third Rock from the Sun": That streetlight looks like the slicked backbone             of a d...

At the end of the day, we are all mostly curators. Sometimes a thought needs description; context that enhances the quality of its truth. At...

The other day, a beautiful sunrise was taking place right in front of me, and yet there I was fiddling with my phone so that I could get a ...

Great insights come through interacting with people, gaining experiences and letting your mind make connections.  -- Scott Barry Kaufman

I've noticed ...you have to be willing to be hurt by the ones you love — it is the only way. The alternative — being unwilling to be hur...

We must pray "Search me & know me" more than "Convince & convict them."  To loathe our enemy more than we look ...

A new global risk poll surveyed tens of thousands of people in 142 countries to determine what people worry about when it comes to risk and...

The other night, as President Trump convalesced at Walter Reed, I took a spin through social media to see the latest news on his health. In...

Visual - "Wood Eye": Winona Lake, IN

The problem: how can we get people what they want and need? It turns out that the simple short-term answer is the market. The marketpl...

Our question needs to evolve from what’s wrong, with this or that, to what are we going to do about it?       What are we going to do to mak...

Integrity is when our words and deeds are consistent with our intentions. -- Simon Sinek Another thing we could use a little more of t...

Ever noticed ...that connection to ideas seems to go only so far without connection to people those ideas impact? This betrays the fact that...

Authentic spirituality is about finding true freedom . It offers us freedom from our smaller selves as a reference point for everything or a...

In the end, we need a purpose for our existence ...some reason (or driver) that compels us thru the meaninglessness of many things about lif...

' Poem for the week' -- "Red Brocade": The Arabs used to say, When a stranger appears at your door, feed him for thre...

Maybe next week the Vice-Presidential candidates can return things to something more...Presidential (our children are watching how our leade...