Gay Pride : WWJD ?
On June 1st, President Barack Obama officially declared June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month....
Stephen Schmidt
The Voice of God
I’ve never heard the audible voice of God. I’ve met people who have, and I’ve always kinda envied...
The Most Powerful Words to Pray
Seems like I always wake up in the mornings with a million things racing through my mind. As...
Misfiring Faith
I come from a faith tradition that believes in miracles. We believe in divine healing, in supernatural provision,...
Meditation over Morning Coffee: Grace & the Law (ongoing)
You know that principle of synchronicity? It’s the idea that a coincidence of events can somehow seem related...
Come and See
It’s a bright, cold Sunday morning, and as usual, I’m sitting with my coffee trying to focus my...
Clean Your Filters!
This morning my sister-in-law Christine sent out an email regarding the importance of our thought-life that got me...
An Ox on the Sabbath
Compassion trumps correctness. Relationship is more important than being right. Over the past few weeks, my brother and...
Starting 2009 out right: “Let it Go!”
So many people I know have commented how glad they are to see 2008 in their rear-view mirror,...
A “Prospering” Soul — the Stress-Killer
My sister-in-law, Christine Schmidt, sent this email message the other day, and I thought it had some interesting insights....