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Don’t Worry
30. Don’t Worry – July 18 It’s not easy to not worry but some years ago I wrote a very short song and the words went like this: I am held in prayer time, Circled round by love. God’s words are clear, Speak to…
Be Still
29. Be Still I recently saw an advertisement for a pendant. The quote on it was attributed to Thich Nhat Hanh and it said, “Be still and know.” Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still and know that I am God.” This Buddhist monk from Vietnam…
Trapped in a Box
28. Trapped in a box A friend of mine, Will Albertus, is a pastoral counselor and is also a woodworker. One time he gave me a gift that he created after seeing a similar cartoon. You’ll have to try to visualize it. It’s the…
The Fuzzy Line of Reality
27. The Fuzzy Line of Reality Today I want to tell a story about my puppet Josa. When I participated in Clown Ministry I got this brown, sea otter, who I named Josa, and consequently I had numerous adventures with her. This is one…
Prayer and Time
26. Prayer and Time When I went into Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for a second surgery, I had asked my children to pray and to imagine me wrapped in a yellow blanket. My youngest daughter asked what time my surgery was and I told…
I Can Unlearn
25. I Can Unlearn I have discovered that I can unlearn things. There are brand new things you learn that are like light bulbs suddenly lighting and you say “A-ha!” And there is also an “A-ha!” effect when something you thought you had learned…
Saying Grace
24. Saying Grace Years ago when my grandson Zack was four, I went with him and his mother, Dara, and their dog, Holly, on a tent camping vacation together. During our stay in Boone, North Carolina, old friends John and Betty Johannaber drove up…
Je Suis
23. Je suis In the early seventies, I attended the Dalcroze School of Music in New York City for one or two years. This was a music method developed by Emile Jaques-Dalcroze that connects music, movement, mind, and body. One of the most powerful…
Absolutes Often Wrong
22. Absolutes often wrong When my four children were young (four within six years), they often came to me with always, and everyone, and never. You always let him do that and not me. Everyone has that toy except me. I never get to…
Energy Power of Music
21. Energy Power of music When I met my second cousin Paula after a number of years of being out of contact with her, one of the stories she told me was of the house she grew up in as one of eight children….
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Mama and Me
