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What We Need to Learn
276. What We Need to Learn There is an amazing story about the famous violinist Itzak Perlman. You see he had polio when he was a child, and so at concerts he walked on stage with braces on his legs and using crutches. The…
It’s Spring!
275. It’s Spring March 20th—the vernal equinox. Vernal means occurring in the spring. Equinox comes from Latin words meaning equal night. Day and night are approximately equal everywhere. It’s the first day of spring, and I write of: — Spring Cleaning — let’s forget…
Broody Hen
274. Broody Hen In Luke 13:34 Jesus says, “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often have I desired to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and…
I’m No Lady
273. I’m No Lady It’s interesting that most people who call me a lady think they are being nice, being complimentary, perhaps even honoring my age, but I haven’t liked the word for some years, I don’t much like it now, and chances are…
Music Lifts Me Up
272. Music Lifts Me Up When I worked in the nursing home as a music therapist, we had a chorus. They were residents who wanted to sing. We sang mostly old songs, sometimes I taught new songs, and occasionally we wrote a song together….
Money Doing Good
271. Money Doing Good A few years ago I received a letter in the mail from the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR), a long-time peace group with national headquarters in Nyack, NY. This mailing pictured the places of conflict around the world where the FOR…
Anyway
270. Anyway In the devotions I do each morning I came upon this today. I’ve read it before but somehow it struck home a little bit more today. The last two lines are the clincher lines. — People are unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive…
Carolyn Freeman, My Mother
269. Carolyn Freeman, My Mother Mom was born on March 14, 1910. She was the oldest of nine children and we never really talked about what that was like. I know that she quit highschool early in her senior year so that she could…
Survivors
268. Survivors In the midst of the women’s movement in the 80’s I wrote the song “Survivors.” It is dedicated to Nan Self of the national Commission on the Status and Role of Women in the United Methodist Church. I met her at a…
Long-Time Lovin’
267. Long-Time Loving In 1992 on March 12th my friend Paul Abels died. Paul for many years was the pastor of the Washington Square United Methodist Church in Greenwich Village in New York City. I had first known him in Rockland County, NY, then…
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