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Five Short Chapters
140. Five Short Chapters I’ve been going through those folders of things to do some day and here in the middle of the storm Sandy, with the lights out and candles lit, I found this. Don’t know where I got it. Just know that…
Procrastination Prayer for Today
139. Procrastination Prayer for Today I have won the first place prize so, so many days for procrastination. No matter how much you do it, you have got to come in second, because I’m in first. And this is my prayer: — God of…
Saying Grace
138. Saying Grace I’ve just published a book titled “50 Graces to Sing to tunes you know.” Half of them are written to old folk tunes (Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush, etc.) and half of them are written to old hymn tunes…
Your Standards
137. Your Standards I have standards and sometimes they slow me down and occasionally they make me come to a complete halt. In my writing, I get stuck. I get stopped. I get trapped in mud, because of those crazy standards. And so I…
Gathering the Saints
136. Gathering the Saints Today is All Saints Day and I love the concept that on yesterday (All Hallows Eve) and I believe on today, there are more “thin” places and you can gather the saints of your life and be in touch with…
Feeding Five Thousand
135. Feeding Five Thousand I was re-reading a sermon I preached some years ago about the feeding of the five thousand. The scripture for that particular sermon was Matthew 14:13-21. And the verse that struck me then—and now was where Jesus says that the…
“October Mourning”
134. “October Mourning” It’s the name of the new book by Leslea Newman—”October Mourning—A Song for Matthew Shepard.” Fourteen years ago, Matthew Shepard, a twenty-one-year old gay University of Wyoming student was beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Five days later…
Don’t Blame – Change!
133. Don’t Blame – Change Here’s something I figured out with therapy about my own mother and then about my own children. It’s about mistakes you make when your own children are growing. You make mistakes—because you are human, because it’s the first time…
I Want To Do As Long As I Can
132. I Want To Do As Long As I Can This starts with a story from when I worked in a nursing home as a music therapist. Each morning the day started with people coming into the white activity room to have coffee, to…
Get Rid of Excuses
131. Get Rid of Excuses I was re-reading a sermon I preached some years ago about the feeding of the five thousand. The scripture for that particular sermon was Matthew 14:13-21. And the verse that struck me then—and now—was where Jesus says that the…
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