A colleague wrote this, and I share it without any identifying markers — [A neighboring pastor] would not do the funeral of anyone who was not present in worship and tithing the Sunday before they died. [Another colleague] knew that…

It’s not our job to feed the 5K, but it is our job to share the 5 loaves and 2 fish. See Matthew 14:13-21 for details.

“Where do we need to wake up? ” asked Ginghamsburg (OH) UMC’s pastor, Dennis Miller a genuine online friend in the most profound sense (and I ever win a Hang Out with A Favorite Pastor contest…). Listen again to his…

Looking back over this week together and this topic and that list from Monday and our Gratitude Lists (which you ARE continuing, right?) and Rachel’s formula and St. Paul’s lengthy influence in Philippians 4 and that convo my parents had…

I was about to start third grade when I overheard my mom ask my dad a What If question. Something about What If we’d not moved one town to another that week, or to a different location, and a couple…

My mom (July 29, 1912 – November 4, 2017) was helped by many people in many ways, and I continue to not have adequate words to express my appreciation. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about, from 10 years…

Our old friend St. Paul clears his throat, leans over from the table next to ours and says — I’ve learned by now to be quite content  — then he tilts his head at us, picks up his coffee cup…

With gratitude to Stephen Whitlock —- https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CMZQPu6we/?mibextid=wwXIfr —- apply as needed, but not just as needed by you

The sum of the helpful formula from Rachel Cruz — Gratitude + Humility = Contentment. — Swim around there for a moment. Float in it. Feel that?

The first two words in the helpful formula from Rachel Cruz — Gratitude + Humility — as in, “WOW! Why me, Lord? Why am I so blessed?” Today, let’s you and me take time to add to our Gratitude List…