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…

Goodness Gracious

August 7, 2022
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…

Faithfulness

July 24, 2022
"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…

Basket of Blessings

July 17, 2022
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

July 3, 2022
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…

Good Grief

June 26, 2022
“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…