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“Your breathing is your greatest friend. Return to it in all your troubles and you will find comfort and guidance.” — Anthony de Mello. Indian Jesuit Priest, psychotherapist A friend and mentor, Dr. Frank Rogers, Jr. once told a story that is both sobering and, if we are honest, a little funny (It’s in his book, Practicing Compassion; I have his permission to share it with you . ). After 9/11, during the invasion of Iraq, a small Quaker group organized a silent peace vigil at

“When Chekhov saw the long winter, he saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope.” — Phil Connors in Groundhog Day Every February 2 nd , Groundhog Day, I think not of the weather prediction, but of the movie, Groundhog Day and it’s enduring message.  Of course, I get a big kick our of Bill Murray who is brilliant in the movie. Groundhog Day as a movie has a cult following which includes a past minister who watches the movie with her husband and friends every year. What m

It is only the farmer who faithfully plants seeds in the Spring, who reaps a harvest in the Autumn. B. C. Forbes, Scottish-American...

You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” Do not resist an evildoer.  But if anyone strikes on on the...

Like a drop in the vast ocean, each of us causes ripples as we move through our lives. The effects of whatever we do - insignificant as...

"The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war." Menachem Begin This morning, the day after our country's 2022 midterm...

“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and...

"I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out" Rodney Dangerfield, comedian According to news and local sources...