Mining nuggets on suffering well from this by Jordan B. Peterson: “When you’re in hell, anything that lifts you out even a little bit, which stops it from becoming completely catastrophic, is a lifejacket that stops you from drowning. This realism about the...
“Everybody acts out a myth, but very few people know what their myth is. And you should know what your myth is, because it might be a tragedy. And maybe you don’t want it to be.” Jordan Peterson This reminds me of something I have said often to students:...
“What’s one thing you do that AI can’t do? Or two things? Or three?” Spiritual Director and Writer’s Coach, Charlotte Byrd Donlon, posed this question in one of her recent “5 Good Things” newsletters that she sends out. It was a timely and...
“Triangles are very strong shapes which makes them important when building strong and stable structures.” The notion of an “iron triangle” resonates with me, just as it does when a child picks up one to tap out a rhythm for the first time. Thinking of triangles...
😊 A friend with 2 babes under age 2 posted the below the other day and I immediately remembered those days! It also still applies to our older babes, it’s just different triggers. For younger elementary kids it’s learning rules, starting real curriculum, being around...
To: Cathy Sunday, September 10, 2023 Regarding first ordination of clergy by Alabama-Emerald Coast Conference of The Global Methodist Church at St.James Methodist Church, Montgomery, AL “I thought of you many times this weekend. Almost every one of us had a...
In the parable of the 4 soils, it was sowing seed in good soil that produced a yield. Today as we considered evangelism in our worship service, the pastor reminded us of the bible’s promise of return on investment from witnessing to the power of Christ in our...
Two more books arrived at my house today….. What we take so for granted was a technological revolution in its day……….. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Proverbs 7:3 “When Johannes Gutenberg combined the...
From Ezekiel 36 “9For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown. 10 I will multiply the people upon you—the house of Israel in its entirety. The cities will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will fill you with...
Love, love, love this meme above …. It is a lovely image that goes along with God’s instruction to my heart (posted in my weblog) about maritime metaphors…… Battleships and fishin’ boats…. When I had read Johm 6, (right after the...
