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March 2016

March 09, 2016

Your Personal Experience

Theme for the Week of March 7: A Personal Experience of the Divine We believe...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

Choose the Stream

We have all seen televangelists or motivational speakers. Some of them seem to have the...

July 15, 2015

Give It Up

Are you a quitter? Do you give up easily? Actually, that might not be a...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

The Southern Belle Primer

Why do you care what other people think of you? As a recovering people-pleaser I’ve...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

What’s Your Problem?

Has anyone ever asked you that? I remember my grandpa Jack yelling that at my...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Demonstration 101

Years ago Jack Nicholson starred as a devilish character in the adaptation of John Updike’s...

October 29, 2014

Using Methodical Madness to Our Advantage

Do you ever create a “To Do” list, or what I like to call my...

October 17, 2014

“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself “

"The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself " Franklin D Roosevelt The spread...

October 13, 2014

Thank you Malala

This past week the Nobel Prize took the bold step of granting its Peace Prize...

September 2014

September 22, 2014

Planting Seeds

When I was a farmer, I used to spend every spring planting seeds. The tools,...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

Living the Menu of Life

Recently a friend of mine shared with me one of the lessons she’s been learning...

August 14, 2014

Plugged In

Recently, I was walking down a city street when I saw a 60-something woman outside...

July 2014

July 30, 2014

Why Be Normal?

Do you remember what it was like being a teenager? Boys and girls going through...

July 23, 2014

Being Raggedy Ann in a Barbie World

Have you ever felt out-of-place in social situations? I have. A friend once said she...

July 10, 2014

Is it good, but still not right?

“So, how are you?” you are asked, to which you answer, “Good! I’m good!” Then...

July 02, 2014

Are you “too” independent?

Do you ever feel like getting someone to help you with a project, or seeking...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

It Just Makes Me Want to Scream – Part Two: The spirituality of being human

Did you do any screaming last week? (If you don’t understand why I’d ask that...

June 18, 2014

Does It Make You Want to Scream? – Part One

Do you ever have situations in your life when you feel like you’ve done everything...

June 12, 2014

Approaching Confrontation With Integrity

Are you someone who shuts down at the first sign of disagreement? I’m a recovering...

June 12, 2014

Expecting to Fly

Spring is one of those great times of year when we start to see the...

June 05, 2014

What are you for?

In the days when I was building my Centre I noticed there was something that...

June 04, 2014

Great Expectations

Have you ever suffered disappointment at some time in your life? I suppose that’s a...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Whose Potential Are You Trying to Realize?

Where in your life are you beating your head against the wall? Did you notice...

May 21, 2014

Use Your Inside Voice

A few years back it was popular for parents to remind their children to be...

May 21, 2014

The Still Small Voice – Are You Listening to It?

Do you feel lost at times, almost in a state of paralysis when confronted with...

May 15, 2014

Not Choosing Is Choosing

Have you ever had a decision to make in your life and just can’t figure...

April 2014

April 22, 2014

One Mind, One Earth

There is an old Spike Milligan poem which tells the tale of a little girl...

April 15, 2014

Dying to Believe

A number of years ago when I was still a young minister, a congregant told...

April 09, 2014

What’s In Your Path?

This past Sunday I spoke on the topic of “Clearing Our Path.” The very concept...

April 08, 2014

Sacrifice Nothing

In the opening sequence of the 1960s TV show Star Trek the voice over said:...

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