Glenn Ludwig has written the following words: Paradigms are a way of envisioning, ways of understanding things. History is full of examples of people and organizations who have gotten stuck in one paradigm, one model of understanding, so that they failed to grasp the significance of the new. There are several pointed examples: 1. Western …
I remember many facets of Easter as I grew from being a child to an adult. As Easter approaches, I have been thinking about the many things I have learned: 1. I remember waking on Easter morning to get an Easter basket and being taught that the eggs were symbols of the resurrection. 2. I …
One of the things I have learned on my journey to the cross is that “storms of life” are real. Life rarely “works out” the way we desire and we spend time with anguish in our spirits and souls over life issues: 1. The death of a friend or loved one. 2. Family crisis and …
We recently changed to Daylight Savings Time and it has set my mind to thinking about time. Time is a precious item and as we yearn for more time and try to manage time and strive to master time through schedules…maybe we do not stop long enough to understand the value of time. 1. To …
When Dave Thomas died of liver cancer at the age of 69, America lost one of its favorite pitchmen. He was an ordinary guy like one might expect to see behind the counter of one of the 6,000 Wendy’s stores. He’d ask you whether you wanted the Monterey Ranch chicken sandwich, or more bacon on …
The late Barbara Johnson collected funny sayings and improper uses of words, sometimes called malapropisms. Here is part of her list: I have included the correct word at the end of each sentence or saying: Every clown has a silver lining. (cloud) Run it up the flagpole and see who sits on it. (salutes) Am …
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Years ago I had the opportunity to meet Bishop Ernest Fitzgerald. It was in the midst of a church trial in which I was serving as an advocate for the person accused of wrongdoing. I found Bishop Fitzgerald to be a caring individual and after this “church trial experience” was completed, he wrote me on …
Charles Allen served as a United Methodist Pastor for a number of years most notably at Grace UMC in Atlanta, Georgia and then at First UMC in Houston, Texas. He was a great preacher and became an author. He wrote God’ s Psychiatry which was a pastor’s look at Psalm 23. Listen to some of …
Glenn Ludwig has written the following words: Paradigms are a way of envisioning, ways of understanding things. History is full of examples of people and organizations who have gotten stuck in one paradigm, one model of understanding, that they failed to grasp the significance of the new. There are several pointed examples: 1. Western Union’s …
James Harnish has recently written these words: A friend of mine was leaving the theater after seeing the movie The Pas-sion of the Christ, when he noticed a man in tears, standing on the sidewalk , saying to no one in particular and to everyone in general, “Jesus suffered, so I don’t have to.” It …
