How the Flock Grows!
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Fellowship | 1 Comment »I have a pigeon coop that houses six adult white homing pigeons named Snowflake, Snowball, Snowstorm, Snowman, Snowfall, and Snowbank (OK, I'm kidding about the names. They all look the same to me). The birds have the freedom to fly, ...
“Due to Circumstances Beyond Our Control…NOT!”
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »What about your current set of circumstances? Are they far from ideal? Join the club! There's that old saying, "Due to circumstances beyond our control..." that forewarns us of some bad news about to be announced. We often don't control ...
“Dispensers of Hope”
Sunday, August 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »After someone left the church building following a counseling session with me I turned to Susan our church secretary and said, "We're dispensers of hope." The comment came easily off my tongue. I felt I had not given the individual as ...
Pursuing the Right Kind of Happiness
Friday, August 22nd, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »He died on August 20, 855 years ago, in the year 1153. His name was Bernard of Clairvaux. He was, and is, a famous monk. Probably his most famous work is On Loving God. As with all human teachers he didn't have it ...
The Publication of a Novel — Not a Solitary Effort
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Fellowship, Spirituality, The Publication of a Novel | No Comments »Michael Phelps and Michael Phelps alone is the all-time gold medal winner. He, alone, had to swim fast, faster than anyone else, to win those medals. Then someone sent me a link to Mart De Haan's article on his blog ...
A Definition of Patience
Saturday, August 16th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »This is an image I'll be using in Sunday's sermon. It seems to me that we all struggle with patience and any way we can clarify what it means might just help us exhibit more of this quality, part of the ...
“Writing Your Life”
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Many of you know I'm excited about the publication of my novel, Kathryn's Fountain, on November 1. It's exciting, creating a story out of your head. I, as author, have control over the plot and what each character faces, what ...
“Guess Who Was in Church?”
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »Yes, it was Muddy the Mud Hen, the mascot of Toledo's baseball team. There he was, sitting in the pew in our church! He looks so attentive. It was his lucky day for being in church for I was doing ...
The “Gift of Noticing”
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Growth, Spirituality | No Comments »Suart McAllister writes, "Bill Smith, a friend of mine, often exhorts people to cultivate the 'gift of noticing.' By this he means actively looking for God's presence and grace in the everyday things we often ignore... when we work at ...
God & Our Pain
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Spirituality, Thought to Reflect on | No Comments »Author Stuart McAllister makes the observation that God is not with us in spite of pain and troubles but that He makes His presence known in and through pain and troubles! Good thought!
