The 3 C’s of life are Choices, Chances, and Changes. You must make the Choice… to take the Chance… if you want anything in your life to change. Thus spake the inimitable Zig Ziglar. (At least, I’ve never been able…

Brian McLaren, highlights mine —- “I used to think that things were real, and change was something that happened to them over time. Now I think that change is real, and things are events that happen over time. Change is…

Without comment —- I like people who begin by blurting out something overly personal. I like people who aren’t afraid to walk around with a stain on their shirt. I like people who ugly laugh at their own jokes. I…

Rev. Diane Nelson Ury (Class of 83) wrote — Jesus never sees a crowd. He sees each person individually, hears their cries, loves them, and speaks to their hearts, “Come to Me.” — No argument here. How about you and…

From Melanie Hoth, by Joshua Reyes —- Pastoring is weird. I’ve poured my heart and soul into people who now act like I don’t exsist. I’ve done hours of counseling and deliverance with people who later deleted me. I’ve publicly…

Still haven’t seen Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. (For that matter, still haven’t seen Oppenheimer either. How’s your summer gone?) Both come highly recommended by several film critics I follow and many friends IRL as well. I’m grateful to all who have…

“I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.” — Sir Winston Churchill Whaddya think? Agree with Sir Winston, disagree, or get that other line over there? My dad held Churchill in hero status, regularly…

Dennis Miller is a pastor at Ginghamsburg UMC. He recently shared a clip from one of his sermons, key lines from which I’m happy to relay here — Worship is not something we come to. Worship is something we come…

You’re waiting…for whom?

You’re waiting…for what?