Saturday Mornings

On the merits of taking a walk: Walking is man’s best medicine. -- Hippocrates Thoughts come clearly while one walks. -- Thomas Mann I took ...

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. -- Viktor E. Frankl

AXIOS A new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll exposes generational and political divides that echo loudly and transformatively across our cult...

People  change  for two reasons.  Either their mind has been opened or their heart has been broken. -- Steven Aitchison

Ever noticed ...how integrated your sense of well-being is?  When your well-being or sense of it is good, it tends to be good in most of th...

The most difficult things seem to create the deepest impressions in us. It's not what you've heard or know about that matters; it...

We must here make a clear distinction between belief and faith, because, in general practice, belief has come to mean a state of mind which ...

Can you believe this? How is it even possible?   The share of Republicans who believe President Joe Biden didn’t legitimately win the 2020...

If you focus on results, you will never change. If you focus on change , you will get results. -- Jack Dixon

I'm wondering ...how much of our capacity to imagine the future is related to our awareness of the  influence of the past on our curr...

The theodicy question is not why God allows bad things to happen to good people, but why we abandon God in the face of suffering . -- Ilia...

You have to dance with faith , otherwise it can get a little weird.  We are all trying our best AND we are all deeply committed to something...

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' Poem  for the week' -- "After Striving": I think of my father’s one-room woodshop, how his business sign eventually blew...

One must go on working silently, trusting the result to the future . -- Vincent van Gogh

The sands of time absorb all greatness. Or... The vast majority of people have no idea where their great grandfather is even buried. While ...

Real leaders don’t try to create a following (not to mention maintain one by milking them) — this would more accurately be called pandering...

I've noticed ...that I have an increasing tendency towards the things I know how to do (and, if unchecked, less tendency towards things ...

The more you own, the more you’re  owned . It takes confidence to be irrelevant . One surprising thing I’ve learned about… me is, I need to...

In this analysis, we show that in order to achieve balance within a decade, all spending would need to be cut by roughly one-quarter and tha...

On the Lighter Side :  It began as a dare. One of Bob Baker’s co-workers in the federal government challenged him to grow a beard for a year...

The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone . -- Mitch Albom

"How do you 'identify'?" A nearly main-stream question these days.  And, one that seems to both explode and contract at th...

In 2016, I declared: I am your voice. Today, I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice . And for those who have been wronged and betrayed:...

The selfish fear change . The selfless lead it. -- Simon Sinek

Ever noticed ...that many people who have never really suffered (been tested ?) don’t have much depth? The point isn’t that such people are ...

At that time, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. -- Matthew 4:1 In the Scriptures , the desert serves a...

Jeffrey Weiss, the current owner, bought the house in October 2020 for $808,500, per listing records. This is the first time that he's l...

I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid , and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. -- Joseph Campbell T...

' Poem for the week' -- "On Joy and Sorrow": Then a woman said, Speak to us of Joy and Sorrow.      And he answered:     ...

Joy is not in things, it is in us. -- Charles Wagner

I keep lots of notes. Partly because I never can predict what will take hold and grow...and what won't.  But often, I've been surpri...

To lead people, walk behind them. -- Lao Tzu

I'm wondering ...about how many mechanisms we build and accumulate in our lives that are primarily designed to head-off something else? ...

In the gospels, Jesus is asked 187 questions.  He answers (maybe) 8 of them.  He himself asks 307.  Maybe faith isn't about certainty ,...

Purpose and beauty seem even better when married. Narratives change meaning — it seems like 'conservative' now almost fully means...

The Morning

One of the most valuable gifts in my life was from my mom. She taught us to never look away from pain . The lesson was simple and clear: Don...

There are years that ask questions and years that answer. -- Zora Neale Hurston

I hold this to be the highest task of a bond between two people: that each should stand guard over the solitude of the other. For, if it lie...

There is a depth within you that senses the depth around you.  -- Jason Miller

I've noticed ...that I have a strained relationship with cables — I do my part and they don't do theirs.

Dan Szymborski

One of my criticisms of modern American evangelical Christianity is its preoccupation with self-interest, particularly as opposed to common...

copyright - Katie Rodriguez Unsplash California’s incredible Firefall is back. Every February, thousands of photographers and tourists flo...

Just because you’re used to it, doesn’t make it right. Whataboutism is not a good way to set or reinforce a standard. Your primary point o...

We’ve all heard that we have five senses — sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste. That idea goes back to the Greek philosopher Aristotle. ...

Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. -- James Baldwin

Our dog, Fletcher, is 12 — he's not in imminent danger (for those of you who know him), but he is showing his age in a variety of ways. ...

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' Poem  for the week' -- "Will You?": When, at the end, the children wanted to add glitter to their valentines, I said no....

Ever noticed ...that the people who’ve learned how to deeply take care of themselves are often the most capable of deeply caring for others...

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