Unlike Frank Sinatra, I have regrets, one of which is never learning to throw a pot. Not just picking one up and heaving it. That even I could handle. I’ve…
When our kids were little I got some great parenting advice: the same boiling water that hardens the egg, softens the carrot. Have you heard that expression before? The same…
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Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers”, and we’ve been talking this summer about what that looks like in real life. For years I have been advocating a simple system for…
Since it’s the first Sunday of the month, we have a new key verse, and I think you will like it. It’s found in Matthew 5:9, where Jesus said, “Blessed…
Our focus for today is kindness. It seems to me that kindness is having a moment these days. Earlier this week I went out to lunch, and the sign inside…
"Where else would I go, Lord? You alone have the words of eternal life." I think it’s how I would answer if someone asked me, Dorry, why is it you…
Several years ago I heard this great TED talk by Drew Dudley. But, actually I forgot about it until I stumbled across it again recently. Which in and of itself…
Friction: positive or negative? If I posed that question in a small group, I can imagine a variety of responses. It’s friction that keeps our tires on the road in…
“Itinerate” is not a word I hear very often outside of Methodist circles, but it’s an important word in our tradition. One of John Wesley’s rules for his clergy was…