Speaking of Pixar’s new film “Inside Out”, consulting psychologist Dacher Keltner answered this question: What did the film get right? “Well, I think that the film really got a couple of big ideas about emotions right. One, [emotions] are...
Brokenness is a regular theme at Titus 2 Our women are always surprised to find that it is the starting point of the Kingdom of God, the first of the Beatitudes, the point of entry for the Kingdom of Heaven. Have you considered that the Gates of Heaven are made of...
shared on FB 7/8/2020 Don’t know who wrote this but it’s a great laugh…and who doesn’t need a laugh right now? Long read but worth the laugh😉. #😷or⚰️ Dear Diary 2020 Edition, In ❄️ January, 🔥 Australia caught on fire. I don’t even know if that fire was...
One of my very favorite devotional writers- Jill Carattini always challenges one to think! And one of my favorite topics….the revelation of God in Christ! Minds Upset Wherever one might be in declarations of belief, God is so often not the God these declarations...
So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed By...
A Blank Book of Pages The first school in which we enroll, and the most important in shaping our future, is our home. A casual view of modern TV shows might lead us to believe that parents don’t matter. I contend that nothing matters more. When Benjamin West was a...
I described myself in a social media setting as as “molded by Wesleyan theology, love the Word and Spirit, believe social holiness arises from personal holiness and am called to spread scriptural holiness to the world.” I was asked what’s the...
“Luke Timothy Johnson said once that expecting folks to fall in love with scripture through the historical-critical method is like expecting someone to fall in love with someone via autopsy.” From Father Everett on Twitter Dissection and examination may...
Shared by a friend, Deborah Anne Holstine, 7/6/2014. Worth repeating. “Hold the empty cup in your hands. Look at all the room the cup has for filling. Picture the inner part of yourself. Notice how much room there is for filling. Hold the cup out before you in...
God’s place…God’s time….I visited with a couple of families with members having surgery this morning and decided to have lunch at the hospital cafeteria, which I have never done before while on such a mission. I had on my LHUMC clergy name tag....
