Another helpful idea from Dr. John Delony — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter…

You know how you have people in your life who were profoundly influential and even more helpful, but you’ve never thanked them? Bill Bowdle is one of them in my life. Decades ago, he was there in ways he probably…

I find Dr. John Delony helpful. You? — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No matter…

James C. Howell is an online friend and colleague I would love to meet for coffee. Here’s what he wrote a few months ago, and it’s resonated with me to the point that I simply have to share it with…

Dr. John Delony, he of 2 Ph.Ds, writes — 1. Give yourself permission to grieve.  Grieve might sound like a dramatic word here, but it’s not. Disappointment is like a small death of something you hoped for—even if it’s something seemingly trivial.   No…

“We see in her and in her sons this tension between Puritan Evangelicalism and Church of England prayer book order, spirituality and sacramentalism. And I think we Methodists are best when we are both/and and not either/or.” That’s about Susanna…

Dr. John Delony offers a helpful list of ways to move forward in a healthy way. I’ll get out of his way, —Dealing with disappointment (aka unmet expectations) is the process of grieving the picture that you had in your…

Ikhuosho Benjamin points this out to you and me— MICHAELANGELO said, “If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it would not seem so wonderful at all.” EINSTEIN said “Genius is 1% talent and 99%…

Online friend and highly respected colleague, Dennis Miller – – – I appreciated listening to Adam Hamilton yesterday in Reynoldsburg, Ohio speak about the future of the United Methodist Church. Most of you know that Adam is the senior pastor…

Mandy McCarty Harris shares wisdom here —- Twice a week I do our laundry. Twice a month I meet with my therapist. I don’t keep washing the clothes because it didn’t work the first time. I keep washing the clothes…