Nelson Mandela not only changed the world, but he changed human hearts. He taught us that love can conquer hatred and nonviolence can defeat the terror of violence. I hope we never forget the man or his message.

The Christmas Machine has this power over us because it knows how to woo us; it speaks to the deepest, profoundest, and most sacred desires of the human heart. If it appeared as a monster, we would rise up and stop it. But the commercial messages of Christmas appear as promises that bring tears to…

Prayer “Let Us Give Thanks” by Max Coots Let us give thanks for a bounty of people: For children who are our second planting, and, though they grow like weeds and the wind too soon blows them away, may they forgive us our cultivation and fondly remember where their roots are. Let us give thanks:…

This week is the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination. All of us who are old enough probably remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard the terrible news of his death. And we probably remember what a painful time it was for our country. Here are some of his…

Remember the Charles Schultz book Happiness is a Warm Puppy?  Happiness is a warm beagle had a certain ring for me.  There were lots of other happiness quotes to remind us not to miss the joys of life’s simple moments as demonstrated by Charlie Brown and his friends. I was reminded of the Peanuts gang…

The encouraging thing is that every time you meet a situation, though you may think at the time it is an impossibility and you go through the tortures of the damned, once you have met it and lived through it you find that forever after you are freer than you ever were before. If you…

Daring words, aren’t they, especially on a Sunday morning? But shouldn’t life be daring? Shouldn’t we be less fearful and more courageous? Why not be notorious?  

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. –Mark Twain Looking back in twenty years will you be disappointed…

There once was an old Cherokee who one evening told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.  He said, “My son, the battle is between two “wolves” inside us all. One is Evil.  It is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.  The…