What is Todays Thought?
Every Morning (M-F): Today’s Thought – a 3-minute read about spirituality and life, meant to be prayed about, commented on and shared with others.
Daily Thoughts
Be Wise as Serpents and Gentle as Doves
“Sheep in Wolves’ clothing”. That’s what Jesus called people who pretended to be one thing while really being something else.…
Finding Healing in an Ending
We have heard the statistics about marriage for 50 years, clucking our tongues and making quick judgments about how they…
Nature Abhors a Vacuum
Originally attributed to Aristotle around 300 B.C., the phrase has been fleshed out and practiced over the years by the…
A New Pope
Rev. Robert Prevost (aka Pope Leo XIV) was elected pope yesterday in the fourth round of voting. He is the…
Lust or Love
I remember when Pres. Jimmy Carter told Playboy magazine that he had lusted in his heart. The world was shocked!…
Nope – Not Funny
When Pope Benedict retired, I made an off-handed joke that the church should elect me pope. It was obviously a…
When Churches Bait and Switch
Our family used to occasionally go to a beautiful Florida island for vacation in the summer. We went in the…
Just Say No to Nazis
I was the very part-time chaplain at Albright College – a United Methodist Church related college – from 1994 to…
Modern Idolatry
Every year during Holy Week we read about Pontius Pilate, the governor who put Jesus to death. Historically, Pilate is…
Love, Not Fear
I’m not going to lie – religion can be scary. For as long as humans have wondered where thunder and…