“Hope” is the thing with feathers -That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all”

—Emily Dickinson

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  • Interfaith Friendship without Milk Toast Theology

    The image was chosen to get your attention, not to imply that all religions are the same. Everyone knows that while most have some common themes, they are unique and have their own theologies, concepts of God, and core teachings,… Continue reading

  • The Culture of Giving

    Abundance is the atmosphere of generosity. It is the expectation rather than the exception. A bit of Paul, a bit of me, and a bit of Les Brown. Continue reading

  • High Grounded Politics

    If I do not tell you when I wrote this or who was in power, will it help? It should not matter. I have lived through thirteen administrations and this has always been my approach. Continue reading

  • O, See! Can You Say?

      “Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be… Continue reading

  • It’s About Time

      Photo by Pavel Kalenik on Unsplash   How to Be Rigidly Flexible About Time First Posted in 2006 Let me start by saying that I only have a few minutes to compose this entry. The fact that I have… Continue reading

  • Just Living – A Play on Words

    Photo by Kalea Morgan @kaleamorgan   Living Justly in an Unjust World   The blog I've not written, but know that I must has a title and a theme thus, a thrust … to be just.   In a word… Continue reading

  • Awesome!

        Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash   The congregation of Israel in the desert knew that the sun was hot and bright. yet, God warns them not to worship the sun, or anything else in creation.   "I… Continue reading

  • Knowing Where and Nowhere

      Nowhere or Know Where Back in the day, on the old  MySpace platform, I posted a bulletin with an error severe enough to change the meaning of a phrase. In my flawed messages I said that something was going… Continue reading

  • You Have a Reason to Smile.

      You need a big WHY for your SMILE today. It is true that you can smile without one, but it is better if you have one. It makes smiling so much easier and it is makes your story so… Continue reading

  • Where Are your Rocks?

    Photo by p j on Unsplash Big Rocks In "First Things First," Stephen Covey tells a story that was told him. I don’t know the sources, so I will embellish a bit. There was a speaker who was called upon… Continue reading

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