Only one “Us”
There is a story in the Bible that involves division, death, dissent, and a sword. It involves family and the public. It is the story
Getting along with others
Faith is a bridge
A recent interview with Reverend Raphael Warnock brought home an important point. He shared something he did learn from Reverend Martin Luther King, which is
Spelling love
I wrote a birthday card to a girl who turned 12 the other week. I know her and love her since birth, I taught her
A feel thing
We can use words to describe what Good, God, means to us. We can speak about it and write about it. Yes, that is possible
Motive matters
A complicated situation at my workplace kept me up all night about a decade ago. It involved sensitivities, a new policy, a crosstalk among colleagues.
Getting more than you’ve always got
Spring in Iceland. 2022 Henry Ford: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got.” Mary Baker Eddy wrote
The help triangle
This week my husband and I were invited by the Berlin city mission. The city mission helps homeless individuals, helps the marginalised, refugees, those in
Goodness and mercy
What is the next step? What will happen if you really move forward/upward? Will the next step be successful? Can we be sure that the
Unity
Unity, I thought yesterday, is the true fabric of being. It is such a divine gift, not a human achievement. Unity is oneness and is
Appreciation
The Gift of Appreciation [From an article by Dr. George H. Morrison. In: The British Weekly, London, England. 1926] Few gifts are more helpful than
A kind world
Today is the day of kindness. It is God’s day. Today is God’s idea, sometimes I like to think: God’s invention. He owns the trademark
Salt
Salt is such precious stuff. It is not food, but it is essential for food. It purifies, it preserves, it seasons. It is a crystalline
How are you?
What a simple, inexpensive, low-threshold way to tell the other “I see you, you are worthy, I care about you”. Asking “how are you?” and
Accusing others – of what?
This is a tricky and important subject. Anybody who does not live the life of a monk with a vow of silence tucked away in