That’s a portrait of Lawrence Joseph Scheets, Jr., my dad. Today would have been his birthday. Or, I guess it still is, right? He taught me a lot about many things, but I learned even more by simply being with him, watching him, and listening to him. He died at age 48. I used to…

Christopher Wise is a friend and colleague, who saw this — — and then wrote the following, which I share here with his graciously expressed permission — I find myself this morning reflecting on the idiom “Don’t leave your coffee for too long and then be surprised why it’s cold – I’m not talking about…

COPIED, without attribution, but in my notebook nonetheless, so here we are — Even after his skin cancer diagnosis, Buffett’s sister said he didn’t making a big deal of it, even as he went through treatments. “He was the best person I know that could ‘breathe in, breathe out and move on’ after hard news,”…

Copied —- THE JOURNEY OF A GREAT WRITER. At age 17, she was rejected from college. At age 25, her mother died from disease. At age 26, she suffered a miscarriage. At age 27, she got married. Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born. At age 28, she got divorced and was…

With gratitude to Rev. AngelaGay Kinkead, longtime highly respected colleague and profound friend, who sourced this, here are helpful words from Rabbi Victor Urecki —- · A thought as we come to the end of Chanukah Tonight is the last night of Chanukah. Eight candles. We have added one candle every night, following the tradition…

From imdb.com regarding a “goof” in a currently-streaming series — At the end of Episode 8 as DS Whiteman is walking along a street in 1941 Whitechapel there are posters for an upcoming piano recital by Polly Hillinghead (the daughter of DI Hillinghead). The poster says the recital is to happen at Wilton’s Music Hall…

It’s 10 AM and in my active addiction, I’d be finishing my first bundle of heroin right about now. That was just to get me off empty. That was just enough to make me not feel sick. For years my life revolved around the very complicated goal of just not being sick. 60 dollars and…

Certified Lay Speaker/Servant/Correct-Title-of-the-Week Sue Busler began her sermon this past Sunday with her collection of timely images, shared here with her graciously expressed permission — “It’s great to see you all here this morning in this season of pneumonia, puking, presents, and the Prince of Peace; strep, Santa, scotch tape and the Savior; mucous, mistletoe,…

Holidays are hard for many of us. So — All of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. That’s not from a meme, not from a clearance item in a church gift shop, and not even from a sign in a therapist’s office. That’s from 1st Peter 3:8. And that’s…

“O God, give us eyes to see and hearts to care. Thank you for setting us free. Help us to do the same for others in your holy name. Amen” – – – Carol T. Cavin-Dillon