Saturday Mornings

The holidays are a special time to pause, reflect, and give thanks . It's a chance to appreciate our accomplishments, the lessons we...

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I'm wondering ...about our relationship with anxiety, especially as we head into another year. Anxiety is not just a personal matter.   ...

As we deepen into this vision of our common unity, we come to understand that we are one with all humanity , all creatures, all creation, an...

What you do today sets up your tomorrow. Lord, enable me today to step toward what I might otherwise hang-back from. One of the gifts we r...

The United States presents a paradox: Though the media and public opinion suggest it is a nation deeply divided along partisan lines, survey...

Take something that moves you and shine the light of the gospel on it. -- Jürgen Moltmann

Poem for Christmas ' -- " Holiest of Holies ":        Oh Holiest of Holies Entering Into our humanity Star of the nativit...

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The genealogy of Jesus reveals that God chooses to work with us as we are, using our weaknesses , even more than our strengths, to fulfill t...

I've noticed ...that something happens in me when I’m around people who are singing  together (especially this time of year ). I don’t ...

Well, it happened …on a pre-dawn walk this week, ironically after a tumultuously sleepless night of fearful dreams. Sometimes I am surprised...

Even in the seeming slowness of waiting , the pace picks up speed as we near a destination. At some point, people just can’t keep up, and t...

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Vulnerability is the only authentic state. Being vulnerable means being open , for wounding, but also for pleasure. Being open to the wounds...

At the end of the day, you are your own primary caregiver. Someone else may join you and even help you in that task, for which you should be...

The biggest challenge to success is attention . Effectiveness is largely a function of focus . Focus invariably is reflected in your actions...

In a world of misinformation , we need to have a sense of history and stay informed about what is true...and how we got here regarding thing...

Ever noticed ...that, typically, we tend to presume that God needs to come ‘down’ (that God is somehow 'up' — above us…we look to th...

We see in the original Gospel stories of Jesus’ birth that there’s really nothing pretty about the first  Christmas . The only way human bei...

The only way out of the rut of my mind is to get moving physically . You can’t become somebody tomorrow that you’re not already today — w...

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' Poem  for the week' -- "The Christic":    I am looking at a tree, but I see such astounding beauty and   graciousness,...

You cannot save people, you can only love them. -- Anaïs Nin

I can’t seem to get into Christmas this year. Come to think of it, I felt this way last year , too. And, then it happened. It snuck up o...

The truth is whispered while opinions are shouted. -- Shane Parrish

I'm wondering ...if reality is  awareness . What are you aware of?  Why are you aware of that? Is the journey of our lives primarily ab...

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Don’t believe every worried thought you have. Worried thoughts are notoriously inaccurate. -- Renee Jain Meditation is not a way of makin...

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You owe it to yourself to simply do the best that you can – the trick is, though, the best you can...at what? For a good answer, you really ...

The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received. -- C.S. Lewis

The ultimate value of doing the work of personal growth is not to only feel better about ourselves. We do the work so that we can contribut...

I've noticed ...a tension I feel between a desire to inspire other people and not wanting to talk to somebody into something (that they ...

Everything is a gift. The degree to which we are awake to this truth is a measure of our  gratefulness , and gratefulness is a measure of o...

A book is meant to be opened – but, doing so is not up to it…it is up to you.  What to resist and what not to — is the question. Those who h...

We all have fears about the future . And, they can overwhelm the present.  But, if we look back at the past, though difficult things have s...

Jesus established a table of hospitality where all are guests and no one owes anything to anyone else. Around this table , gifts pass withou...

The movement of grace toward gratitude brings us from the package of self-obsessed madness to a spiritual awakening . Gratitude is peace ....

Ever noticed …how constantly worried  we are about whether there will be enough ? We rarely seem to reconcile our fears about scarcity wit...

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice of an echo. Gratitude follows grace like ...

We must move more into our bodies — our greatest intelligence may not be exclusive to the mind after all. The real opportunities of the pre...

  If we don't, we end up with things like this , or this ....

Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope . Nothing which is true or beautiful or good...

Another  lingering reflection ,  about the power of mankind  a nd how mankind so often uses power for destructive purposes. Sometimes, in ou...

The best bosses are in tune with what it feels like to work for them. -- Robert I. Sutton

I'm wondering ... about government, especially at the national level. What are the primary purposes of government?   Perhaps what we are...

The gospel , in the end, is about belonging . And, belonging is really most manifest in a sense of community .  Grace and peace for everyo...

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What to hold on to and what to let go of — that’s the question . Friends are the ones who move closer to you, the more trouble you’re in. ...

What if I told you that unleashing success starts with realizing how successful you already are ? It's true. As a leadership and success...

Before it's all said and done, you discover that you need to focus on outputs more than outcomes. Outcomes have an insidious way of bec...