Tammy Renee Harris is a friend in real life and a singer I highly recommend to you. It is with her graciously expressed permission that I share this with you, which she wrote on August 26, 2024 – – The…

Mary Leidig is a friend IRL from longer ago than we’ll either one admit. It’s with her graciously expressed permission that I share what she wrote this morning in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene — Took me less than an…

Lots to consider here — According to various reports and studies on global wealth distribution, having $4,210 places you above the median wealth level for individuals worldwide. Moreover, according to the Global Wealth Report, to be in the top 10…

Blake Lasater wrote this, and wrote it well — Because we see flowers where others see weeds. It’s all about grace and seeing people as children of God; it’s not about “us” and “them”, and a God that needs defending,…

With gratitude to Catholic Coffee (yes, that really is the name of the business) – – – Legend tells us that some of Pope Clement VIII’s advisors were calling coffee the “bitter invention of Satan.”  They insisted that the Pope forbid…

First, with gratitude to James Clear —– Vincent van Gogh — who sold only one painting during his life — on self-worth:  “If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think…

Dean Miller, a drummer/percussionist/etc of phenomenal ability, and I first met when our paths crossed through the National Youth Ministry Organization of the United Methodist Church (NYMO and UMC respectively). He recently wrote this and graciously gave me his expressed…

There’s the link to the book review that started me — and I hope you — off on this notebook reverie almost two weeks ago. That piece concludes with the hope that it “may leave you feeling that you should…

With gratitude to Fred Bishop — Quit whining and bloom where you are planted because you sure can’t bloom anywhere else! — And long before Fred or I came along, ’twas said by John Calvin — The Lord bids each…