Saturday Mornings

The less people know, the more stubbornly they know it. -- Jason Miller In some ways,  knowing   isn't about quantity (one might argue, ...

Let go of your expectations & resentments for what life should have given you. -- Shauna Niequist

I’m wondering …what is it about the value of something that we seem to need to know? One of the things I do is curate ideas. But, at some po...

The supreme  need  in most of our lives is often the most overlooked—namely, the need for an uncompromising  trust  in the love of God. Fear...

You can't out-pace the sadness of the world. Our greatest confidence is enabled by experience . Few things clarify quite like adversity...

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At the threshold moment, when the true self within is demanding emergence, things can go either way; we can let the crisis thrust us into th...

You may not be wrong...but, are you right? In other words, not being wrong can become a thing all unto itself...and completely miss the ‘wh...

If you put the jelly on before the peanut butter, the sandwich will fail. And if you try to spread the peanut butter on the plate and then a...

I've noticed ...that I need to be more presumptuous.  It's likely not so much that this is the case as it is that I try too hard not...

Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with th...

Humans can be so beautiful (yes, what that isn't saying is also true). The point of self-wareness isn't about working hard at who w...

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' Poem for the week' -- "Songs for the People": Let me make the songs for the people,    Songs for the old and young; Son...

You wouldn’t worry so much about what others think of you , if you realized how seldom they do.  -- Eleanor Roosevelt

Another  lingering reflection , from a recent  Randoms ...: There is something so seemingly satisfying about short-term prospects, especiall...

We don’t  learn   much when everything goes right. We learn most when things go wrong . -- Simon Sinek

Ever noticed ...our tendency to think if we can get there faster , the more we'll get to see?   When, actually, the faster we are moving...

  Ourselves as a  place  of  prayer ...a new thought to me.  Something resonates when we discover a new thing (to us) that is really an old...

Disappointment needs space to breathe or it gets by-passed for more intense emotions. Sometimes you have to stop long enough, in one spot...

It was among the most jarring scenes of the Capitol invasion, on January 6th. As rioters milled about on the Senate floor, a long-haired man...

Q&A :   Q: How significant is my existence ? A: Very.  And not very. In what ways...are both true?

Wealth among traditional people is measured by having enough to give away.  The generosity of the earth is not an invitation to take it a...

If it doesn’t include all of us, then it doesn’t include some of us.  And, if it doesn’t include some of us, isn't it only a matter time...

Freedom is not a state; it is an act. It is not some enchanted garden perched high on a distant plateau where we can finally sit down and re...

I'm wondering ...if my next major hurdle is a better understanding of my response when people despise me or say that I am not something ...

John of the Cross says that the dark night is God’s best gift to you, intended for your liberation . -- Barbara Brown Taylor

The highest good is not  to know thyself , but you can’t get to the highest good if you don’t. The more and longer we hold onto  things, th...

At one point in her new book, the NPR journalist Michaeleen Doucleff suggests that parents consider throwing out most of the toys they’ve bo...

Visual - "'The Blues" in the Air": Glen Arbor, MI

Anything considered above criticism will soon become demonic. -- Richard Rohr This seems quite true at both personal and collective levels. ...

The very thing I feel I need is not what I really need—especially when I believe I need it from outside of myself.   What I really need is  ...

You don't need to be perfect to inspire others.  Let people get inspired by how you deal with your  imperfections . -- Wilson Kanadi

I've noticed ...that I want to be noticed, more than I realized—evidenced by catching myself holding it against people who don’t. "...

Perplexity, I realized, was working like an X-ray of my soul, exposing much of my so-called spirituality as a vanity project of my ego , an...

Humility is too often just a hobby. The irony is that it often feels like it is people that both activate our larger insecurities AND rel...

' Poem for the week' -- "Realization": Three-quarter size. Full size would break the heart. She, still bare-breasted from...

You cannot build a deep  connection   with someone who is disconnected from themselves. -- yung pueblo And if you're frustrated by an ...

So, back to our discussion on  morality : Why is moral authority so universally appealing? For one thing, moral authority is just so easy t...

For individuals,  character is destiny; for organizations, culture is destiny. -- Tony Hsieh, Zappos

35 years of marriage , as of today; more knowing and more mystery than ever...almost as if the two are somehow secret companions. Both inv...

Everyone should be quick to listen , slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God...

There is something so seemingly satisfying about short-term prospects, especially when compared with the likelihood of long-term fulfillmen...

Referring to Rush Limbaugh, who died this week: He was with me right from the beginning. And he liked what I said and he agreed with what I ...

If you see strange things in logos, your eyes don’t deceive you. Companies play tricks on us all the time. Can you point out FedEx’s award-h...

Once we believe in ourselves , we can risk curiosity , wonder , spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. -- E...

Another lingering reflection , from a recent  Randoms ...: Why is moral authority so universally appealing? But first, what is  morality  an...

We can teach only if we are willing to learn . -- Simon Sinek

Ever noticed ...how often the greatest catalyst is need ?

The deepest truth is our union with the Absolute, Infinite Being, with God. That’s the root of our reality .  -- Beatrice Bruteau

On the Lighter Side : Instagram:  nakedpastor

Much has been written about the attributes of high-achieving adults, and what makes them different from everyone else. But if you're a p...

' Poem for the week' -- "Then": The afternoon was a medium. You made it to the beach. You made to it an invertebrate over...

Creativity flourishes not in certainty but in questions . Growth germinates not in tent dwelling but in upheaval. Yet the seduction is al...

  What If … wisdom is more than what we think ?

Any fool can know . The point is to understand. -- Albert Einstein

I'm wondering ... h ow many of us live most of our lives in fear of the most full expression of who we are or of what we want ? ...anot...

“Your faith has healed you.” -- Luke 8:48 In at least one case, he said, "... saved you".  Did this not uncommon response from J...

  Visual - "Curve of Snow ": Winona Lake, IN

Poems  companion us. -- Edward Hirsch ' Poem for the week' -- "The Winter Bird": Thou sing’st alone on the bare wintry bo...

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Perhaps you've noticed the progression of thi...

Passion tends to burn out. Passion-lessness tends to be uninspiring.  Over time, there’s a balance; between the two or from the two or with ...

When mythic material remains latent, unused and unexplored, it can lead to pathological behavior. -- Jean Houston Anybody seen anything l...

I've noticed ...there is so much about taking up space that I am uncomfortable with. Why? Some of this has to do with my type of person...

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...