Last evening one of my grad students told us about an exercise she does with her third graders. Each student takes a piece of paper and writes down somebody's name. Under that name they have to write a mean nasty name. Then they have to...
After food, shelter and safety, the most important human need is love. From the moment we are born love is essential if a baby is to thrive. The infant brain needs cuddling and gentle human touch. God created us this way. God is love. (I...
According to Aristotle there are two primary reasons for having friends. Either we profit from them or derive pleasure from being with them. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to gain both profit and pleasure in a relationship. Unfortunately, sometimes we find pleasure in another's company...
The Bible says Adam was 930 years old when he breathed his last breath. Considering the average person takes 17,280 breaths a day that means Adam breathed 5,865,696,000 times after God knelt in the grass and breathed into him the breath of life. His heart...
There seems to be a new law that orders us to use computers, video projectors and Power Point in all our presentations. It is getting quite uncommon to see a presentation without all our modern (toys) devices. Dare I add, more times than not things...
I'm sitting here looking at a container of something called "Ultra Color Safe Bleach". It takes out the stains and the bad stuff but leaves the intended colors behind. This is just like what God does for us. Each of us is a colorful character. ...
The few moments of violent winds in a summer storm thrashing branches in wide arches across the lawn left a baby cardinal dashed and sprawled upon the concrete walkway. It was the family's second unsuccessful attempt to raise a family in what appeared to be...
I was the first person to see my second son. When I first saw him I could not yet tell if he was a he or a she. This was in Africa a long time before sonograms. Yet I was not the first to know...
I looked out my window just in time to see three very chatty crows walking down the center of my street. Whatever they were talking about must have been fascinating because they were paying no heed to traffic. I'm not sure if they were complaining...
Recently while kneeling in a prayer circle, instead of rehearsing what I was going to say when it was my turn, I decided to really listen to what the others were saying. Gradually it occurred to me that this prayer circle was a strange ritual. ...