Saturday Mornings

Without justice , it’s not really peace …it’s control. There IS more than one perspective…we really have to ask why we have a hard time acc...

The Morning

For decades, I stalked the invertebrate enemy. I bought a propane-powered contraption that promised to lure and kill mosquitoes by mimicking...

What you resist not only persists, but will grow in size. -- Carl Jung

As with most things, when I read something like last week's post about being gifted, I am primarily relating to it from my  context .  ...

The role of a creative leader is not to have all the ideas ; it's to create a culture where everyone can have ideas and feel that they...

I’ve noticed …that sometimes I read something and get an initial impression that once I’ve taken the time to re-read it was quite different ...

Contemplative life flows in a circular pattern: awe provokes introspection, which invokes awe .  Maybe you’re making dinner and you step out...

You've got to know yourself well enough to know what you don't want. What unbinds the heart as much as anything is understanding ...

AXIOS

' Poem for the week' -- " Orbed Grace  (with image)": I cannot rightly say much about grace , except that it is as real t...

We must believe that we are gifted for something. -- Marie Curie

How much can we know about who we really are without first having had deep encounter with knowing who we’re not? We are not truly able to l...

A talent grows by being used, and withers if it is not used. -- May Sarton

Ever noticed ... how you can spot opportunists a mile away? ... particularly political ones.

Every church should be able to get a letter of recommendation from the poor in their community . -- Archbishop Desmond  Tutu

A Quiet Little Unstimulating Evening  tonight in Ann Arbor ....

A case could be made that the very thing that you’re asking for, you are already getting. There is what you think you know about other peo...

  On the Lighter Side :

"I had a sense of something, but I really had no idea!  This really help me understand myself." How many times have you heard some...

When you come out of the storm you won't be the same person who walked in. -- Haruki Murakami

We don't want people to try to be somebody they aren't when they come to work. That's just exhausting. We want them to be able t...

(@GaryHershorn) September 11, 2023 See more images here .... 

I'm wondering ...about how much of what we fill up our senses with influences the quality of the whole rest of our life?

If we could let go of our own obsession with what we think is the meaning of it all, we might be able to hear [God’s] call and follow Him i...

This is a photo of the galaxy M51, which lies about 27 million light-years away from Earth. Per NASA, the gravity of its neighboring galaxy ...

Knowing about something or even how something works is not the same thing as actually experiencing it.   It is more than a bit conspicuous ...

AXIOS ...well, look at that, would ya?  Really makes you wonder who is fanning the flames here (but, I think we already know ...).

One of the paradoxes of urban America is that millions of people speak reverently about wilderness but are much less eager to venture into i...

When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong. -- Benjamin Hoff

In any given day, we have SO many thoughts.   So why do certain thoughts grab a spot and settle in...so deeply?  Some even cause rumination ...

The best leaders are also the best followers. They follow a purpose, cause, or belief bigger than themselves. -- Simon  Sinek

I've noticed ...when I sense someone’s disappointment in something that I am involved with, I often want to eat something.

One good reason to travel around America is to meet American people, all the more so if you’re one of them yourself. I went out West for ten...

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of each. -- Henry ...

New York Times AXIOS

' Poem for the week' -- "Advice for a Gray Afternoon": Do not assume the worst, a trap  Loneliness sets for old age,  Or...

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain . -- Alan Watts

When I go on walks, I almost always take my phone with me now. Not because I have so many people to talk to, but so that I can talk to mysel...

Instagram:  drop-the-stones To the degree to which a person can grow is directly proportionate to the amount of truth they can accept ab...

Ever noticed ...tha t the most spiritually healthy people are also among the most humble ?

God is the presence that spares us from nothing, even as God unexplainably sustains us in all things. God depends on us to protect ourselves...

Substack:  Rich Mean North of Richmond

As a society, we seem to be less and less capable of recognizing that good and bad are invariably mixed together — which obviously leads to ...

Visual - "Sprouts" Colorado Springs, CO

People are very open-minded about new things — as long as they're exactly like the old ones. -- Charles Kettering

Another lingering reflection , on a recent Ever Noticed... : Ever noticed …that most children in healthy environments are often sponges for ...

Rank does not confer privilege or give power . It imposes responsibility. -- Peter Drucker

I'm wondering ...when did enjoyment become our highest standard?  Somewhere along the way, of course. But, at some point, if we don...

Jesus was not killed by atheism and anarchy.  He was brought down by law and order allied with religion , which is always a deadly mix.  Be...