Admittedly lengthy but well worth your time this Thanksgiving Week here in the USA…. Three things re: the song Give Thanks. It’s a special favorite song of son LJ4, and I’m sure he picked it up from the United Methodist…

From a friend who wishes to remain nameless — Alcohol is a weird thing. Like, it’s an actual real-life addictive poison that we’re encouraged to drink. — Hmmmmm. Check out both 1st Timothy 5:23 Ephesians 5:18. Hmmmmm? (PS: If you’re…

A movie theater displayed a short film which began with a snapshot of the room ceiling. No details, no colors. Just a white ceiling The same scene remained displayed for 6 long minutes when the moviegoers started to get frustrated.…

Amy Slenker-Smith of Simply Enough is helpful with these self-inventory-type questions about all the Stuff you and I have around us. And in our lives. And on our calendars. And then there are those To Do lists. Lemme get outa the…

“Things end to begin again.” — Taniya “This is a day of new beginnings.” — Brian Wren, The United Methodist Hymnal, p.383 In the beginning, God.— Genesis 1:1 “Behold, I make all things new.” — Christ Jesus, Revelation 21:5 Including…

Conni Cash, and you’ve probably heard me refer to her as THE CONNI, was Office Manager Extrordaniare of Centenary United Methodist Church (Effingham, IL) when I was appointed there. She was and is amazing. She says of the following, “A…

HEY, EVERYBODY! IT’S JANET HARGIS! And with those words, a profound friendship was formed. Here’s advice from her earlier today that I guarantee you will wish you had followed if you don’t —- This is your reminder to record your…

From an article in The Wall St. Journal, 8.16.23 — Trillian from Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — “We have normality. “I repeat, we have normality. “Anything you still can’t cope with is therefore your own problem.” — and…

Sky McCracken is one of those people of whom I wonder, “Why haven’t our paths ever crossed in real life?!” He recently wrote what follows, and it’s with his graciously expressed permission that I share it with you here —…

Ken Carter, a United Methodist colleague, online friend, and holder of many degrees and titles, wrote and shared this paragraph earlier today. I’m looking forward to your response — A small but loud sliver of the blogosphere is repetitive in…