“Authority” The Word that Causes Riots

“Authority” The Word that Causes Riots

Who gave you the “authority?” We start asking it as toddlers of our parents, and it is what we’re asking of our leaders more often today. It was the question the Jewish religious leaders asked Jesus in Mark 11:28-30. Jesus responds not with an answer...
Autumn Wind: Pressing Against the Busy Culture

Autumn Wind: Pressing Against the Busy Culture

“Busy.” It’s our word today. We are all busy, and busy is never peaceful. Summer vacations are ending, kids are back at school, and our Autumn busyness may be blowing in some unwanted storms. In our social media culture of promoting ourselves, we rush to post...
The Determination of Creative Women

The Determination of Creative Women

In a recent Wall Street Journal article, What Women Artists Knew About Work, (https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-women-artists-knew-about-work-11552573681) Mason Currey sites Harriet Beecher Stowe’s (Uncle Tom’s Cabin) letter to her sister-in-law with these words, “...

Pushing Too Hard

The 1965 song “Pushin’ Too Hard” was song by the rock group The Seeds and was written by vocalist Sky Saxon in 15 minutes while he waited for his girlfriend to finish shopping.  The lyrics are often interpreted by some to refer to his girlfriend controlling him or as...
Clear To Neutral

Clear To Neutral

My family gets frustrated at me after we’ve had a party at home. You see, I hate leaving dirty dishes in the sink. They want to leave them and go to bed but the thought of waking up and seeing the mess in the sink starts my day out on the wrong foot. It leaves me...