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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

“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

An online friend shared this — “This morning I am drinking coffee instead of tequila” — We have no clue what people around us are going through. Decades ago, a German pastor wrote, “We must learn to regard people less…