NAME CHANGE
I have been thinking that everyone should have the opportunity to change our name every seven years… if we want to. For example: If a […]
July 2025
A PLACE CALLED HOME
Joan Chitister, Benedictine nun and author wrote: “In each of us there is a place where we go in the middle of chaos to escape from […]
SOMETIMES THE MOMENT HAS PASSED
Sometimes the moment has passed. It is then wise to consider the circumstances, timing and investment. With this information we go on to the next […]
MORE ON FAMILY
In yesterday’s Journal entry I wrote about family from a couple of perspectives, both biological, relationships closer than family and spiritual family. Another observation concerning […]
FAMILY BY BLOOD
Family is strong word…especially if the family is strong. But family can mean more if it is more. G. Michael Hopf, author, wrote, “Family is […]
KNOWING OURSELVES
Carl Jung (1875-1961) influential Swiss psychiatrist, on the value of knowing yourself:“The world will ask you who you are, and if you don’t know, the […]
THE DEAD FIG TREE
There is a powerful parable in Matthew 21 concerning the withered fig tree. It appears the dead fig tree is a dead religious system. “In […]
JESUS’ FIRST SERMON
Just after Jesus returned from the Wilderness temptations, he settled in Capernaum (North end of The Sea of Galilee) in the region of Zebulun and […]
OVER ALL THINGS
Hildebert of Lavardin (1055 -1133) French priest and theologian wrote: “God is over all things, under all things;outside all;within, but not enclosed;without, but not excluded;above, but […]