Ann Freeman Price

Community and Courage

One of the best things about a wholehearted community is the ability to borrow a little courage when you’re running low.—Brene Brown

February 27, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

This quote today is by Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice. He writes of government. I think on this particular day it is also true of each church and each person within the United Methodist Church. Here’s the quote: “We must dissent from the fear, the hatred, and...

February 26, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

One Thing

A student asked Thay, “There are so many urgent problems. What should I do?” Thay answered calmly, “Take one thing, and do it very deeply and carefully, and you will be doing everything at the same time.”—Thich Nhat Hanh and Dr. Lilian Cheung

February 25, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

A Grain of Wheat

If you could understand a single grain of wheat you would die of wonder.—Martin Luther

February 24, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

Kindness

Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.——Scott Adams

February 23, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

Why Do You Listen

Stephen Covey says: “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Hmmm…why do you listen?

February 22, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

Not Just Talking–Living It Too

One great gift a mother can give her daughter is to live her own life as well as possible.—Harriet Lerner. I would maintain that this is true of all genders–that children may listen to what we say but they definitely watch how we live it out.

February 21, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

In a Day

I was interested to read this quote and think of it as applying to this day–or a week–or an entire life: “See everything; overlook a great deal; correct a little.” The quote is attributed to Pope John XXIII as his motto. I’m still mulling it over.

February 20, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

Shutting Down the Heart

Terry Hershey in his Monday morning “Sabbath Moments” on the computer once wrote: “I do know that when we label, we exclude, rather than include. I do know that when we label, we live with scotoma, selective blindness. And scotoma shuts down our heart, our capacity to care,...

February 19, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment

Love No Matter What

It’s a long quote. Read it out loud. Remember its context. And then apply to some situation today which you or your church or your country is struggling with. Decide it if still fits and if it does, then live it out. “Somehow we must be able to...

February 18, 2019 Ann Quotations I Like No Comment