Here we are between Christmas and New Years, during Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, but what's on most minds today is wondering if we can make it to the end of 2016 without hearing of yet another notable person passing away, or more bad news -- locally, nationally or globally -- being transmitted to our brains. If we reflect a little, we'll realize it wasn't ( Read more... )

Several times over the years that I have been doing this monthly poll, I have heard from someone saying, "Thank you for doing this." This Thanksgiving month and week (on the U.S. calendar) I thank you all for taking part. The promise still stands; as long as you respond, I'll keep doing this.

Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, ( Read more... )

Old October's purt' nigh gone, And the frosts is comin' on Little heavier every day -- Like our hearts is thataway ( Read more... )

As we arrive at the dawning of autumn, has your September been like that funky song by Earth Wind and Fire, or more like Green Day's "Wake Me Up When September Ends"? Maybe some tune in between?

Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, Indianapolis, I again present my monthly poll. As usual, I'll be bringing the list to church Sunday ( ( Read more... )

Summer has flown by, at least it seems to me. It's not going quietly, judging by the floods in Louisiana and the tornadoes almost literally in my Indiana back yard. Still, there are things to celebrate on the sunny days. For whatever reason let's light this up:

Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, Indianapolis, I again present my ( Read more... )

My sincere apologies. For the first time in the years I've been posting these, I totally missed a month. And June was definitely a month for lighting candles -- especially in all the vigils for the 49 murdered in the Orlando Pulse club attack. This is ironically part of what contributed to me overlooking the poll posting. I work for The Word, the ( Read more... )

See? I don't just post the polls here =p

Quick note to say Happy Solstice to all who celebrate it -- and to the rest, summer's officially here! (OK, winter if you're south of the Earth's waistline)

20 years ago, this happened

Time does fly, on the wings of summer's birds. Don't forget to enjoy their song

It's May in Indy, and this weekend will be the 100th call of "(Ladies and) Gentlemen, start your engines!" We all have our races to run, at least in the metaphorical sense. Here's a chance to give your engine a tune-up.

Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, Indianapolis, I again present my monthly poll. As usual, I'll be bringing ( Read more... )

Ah, so I get this in a little more timely this month. And I'm working this in among other deadlines being demanded of me. But then the Good Book says that to everything there is a time and a season. So how about now?

Inspired by the candle stands at LifeJourney Church, Indianapolis, I again present my monthly poll. As usual, I'll be bringing the ( Read more... )

As storms rumble around the area, I'm reminded that back home in Arkansas, another word for "tornado watch" was "April." And here in Indiana it is, if not Tornado Alley, then at least Severe Storm Cul-de-sac. But with storms literal and metaphorical around us, we also welcome the beauty of the coming of Spring ( Read more... )