Saturday Mornings

Give me a place to stand, and I will move the whole earth with a lever.  -- Archimedes Archimedes (c. 287–c. 212 BCE), a Greek philosopher a...

Forgiveness  is like reaching out and grabbing someone’s hand. In the end, you really can’t legislate sexuality. What is true about things ...

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' Poem for the week' -- "To Rebuild": The house was built,   Brick by brick, pane by pane,   Initially withstanding winds...

Art saves us...a way to help people feel less alone. -- Brandy Clark, On 'Remember Me Beautiful,' Brandy Clark Processes Death And...

Maybe it is. Maybe it isn’t. It really depends on what the motivation is, doesn’t it? It also depends on what we are talking about? Some...

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn , I must do it by listening . I n...

Ever noticed ...that a lot of history is written from the perspective of the winners? That sure leaves a lot of people out (not to mention h...

Creating language and cultivating imagination is really hard work. -- Jason Miller , Just A Quarter Of Republicans Accept Election Outcom...

Just because I am interested in something, doesn’t mean that someone else is...or even should be. At my age, there are few things that are q...

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' Poem for the week' -- "The Hill We Climb", Excerpt: Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we g...

We share an ecosystem. The operative word here is share .  Contrary to popular opinion, we are not independent after all.   And, ecosystems ...

As much as you are able to set aside the narratives that surround the politically -based perspectives of these days, compare the two inaugu...

Great leaders don't see themselves as great; they see themselves as human . -- Simon Sinek   ...and that changes everything about it.

To our most bitter opponents we say: We shall match your capacity to inflict suffering by our capacity to endure suffering . We shall meet y...

  We can be sure some who stormed the Capitol claimed allegiance to the Christian faith. Banners proclaiming “Jesus saves” appear next to th...

There are ideas .  Then, there is the organization of ideas around the relationship between them.  And, then, there is the presentation of i...

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' Poem for the week' -- "My Song": I sang me a song, a tiny song,     A song that was sweet to my soul, And set it a-floa...

Most of us do not see things as they are; we see things as we are. We see the things we want to see, the things that confirm our assumption...

Groups often operate an approval system — some formal, some not.  Being in a group almost always means that, at some point, you will feel th...

Focus seems to have an addictive quality to it. There is something about focusing (depending on the object) that seems to foster  fear. Whe...

I’m wondering ...is the best way to stop doing something to start doing something else? In general, is starting more important than stopping...

The power of the stars is nothing compared to the energy of a person whose will has been freed . . . and who is thus enabled to co-create...

Truth was not meant to be a weapon . The way to create or maintain a conversational mode is to talk more about what you are for, what you a...

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' Poem for the week' -- "If—": If you can keep your head when all about you        Are losing theirs and blaming it on yo...

Yesterday: “Let’s have trial by combat.” -- Rudy Giuliani Language is power.   And, power is a continuum—in other words, one form of power s...

What we are capable of seems to be largely born from what we are able to imagine . And, what we are able to imagine...from what we have exp...

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. -- Billy Graham This...

I've noticed ...that I cannot fully experience you, because of your ego. Is the same is true of me?   Of course, it is. In other words, ...

What better way to ' travel close ' than in the  nature  of the world God created? January snow  pics  here ...such randomness and p...

' Poem for the week' -- "A Toast": To your voice, a mysterious virtue, to the 53 bones of one foot, the four dimension...

A word, as we both pass and enter years: The task of prophetic ministry is to nurture, nourish, and evoke a consciousness and perception alt...

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I am actually full of hope , even optimistic, about the future because of the greatness of the story of true reality . Let’s be honest ...I...

How you begin may be largely influenced by how you end. So, as you reflect on this last year, how are you ending ? It is easy to focus on t...

In a world like ours, we must continue to create and listen to music .  Thank God for those who make it...and for those who are still willin...

Whether coming off our holiday indulgences or in anticipation of a new year, we can be disciplined about what we let into ourselves (and, I...

Travel is an antidote to ignorance . -- Trevor Noah

Ever noticed ...that the most sustainable element of one’s popularity is often manifested after they have died? There is a certain undeniabi...

Christianity’s true and unique story line has always been incarnation . That means that the spirit nature of reality (the spiritual, the im...

  Visual - "Reflection": Hyalite Canyon , MT

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mig...

A musical interpretation of Justin Kauflin, by Phil Peugh.

As much as Christmas involves the idea of gifts, it often ends up being more about presents .   What would be a gift that you need to recei...

A few of   My Favorite Things ....

New life starts in the dark . -- Barbara Brown Taylor There is a lot to notice in this seemingly inconspicuous observation; besides basic...

I'm wondering ...will my grandson, at some point along the journey of his life, ever wonder what it was about  snow angels that his gr...

Why, from the earliest centuries, have Christian people been so excited about Mary? What’s happening in the depths of our soul when we hear ...

There are things about time  that are counter-intuitive. Everything dies and yet, in some way, everything also lives on . We should fully oc...

When I was a kid, I watched the winter holidays shift for my family after my mother died. We no longer gathered with her family for Thanksgi...