…and this might also apply to other beloved groups and some situations you and I know —-

From the page The Way We Were — He came home on leave for Mother’s Day, 1944, and found that his mother had died the night before. Edith Vonnegut had taken an overdose of sleeping pills. She had been struggling…

“The past always informs the present and leads us into the future.” Even more, and even better, God guides us “into the future.” A while ago, a guy wrote I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I…

Yesterday we thought together about an ad from the New York City Public Library. Its opener was “The past always informs the present and leads us into the future.” You and I can’t change the past. That’s obvious. So why…

An ad from the New York Public Library came my way, opening with — The past always informs the present and leads us into the future.  — which we know. But which we forget: Past + Present = Future. Today,…

*Yes, my title today is indeed a reference to an old song by Edwin Starr. Apply as needed. With gratitude to Lisa Ann Wiedman, a former congregant and now a colleague who’s always been a friend — Let us feed…

FROM YESTERDAY — First, this is not about the closing of a United Methodist Church. This is about the closing of a local church of another famous brand name, which we officially call another denomination. These are two comments taken…

“In three words,” said Robert Frost, “I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” Apply as needed. And let’s remind each other.

First, this is not about the closing of a United Methodist Church. This is about the closing of a local church of another famous brand name, which we officially call another denomination. These are two comments taken from a social…

Carrie Carilleo wrote the following and shared its accompanying photo —- A few days ago my husband and I visited our son Jack. Jack wanted to have breakfast at a certain restaurant. They have a sandwich he thought his dad…