SHIFT HAPPENS PONDERINGS

For Pondering: "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." -- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States

For Pondering: As you await the winter thaw, find a way to embrace the beauty of this season, and await the signs of spring which are just around the corner.

For Pondering: On this first day of black history month, it is a good time to remember that black history is American history.   

For Pondering: "Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely." -Karen Kaiser Clark

"Lead by the power of your example, not the example of your power." -46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, Jr. As a pastor and a leadership coach, I began a weekly curb sign ministry in front of our house at the beginning of the pandemic--56 life-giving and...

For Pondering this week of the Presidential Inauguration:  "The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards. It is our duty to defend them against all attacks."-Samuel Adams"America's present need is not...

For Pondering: "Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing, it's about doing, being and becoming." -Mike DooleyLet doing, being and becoming, be your work this year!

For Pondering: "We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day." -Edith Lovejoy Pierce

For Pondering: 2020 will likely be remembered as the year of great discord, fear, and loss.  But as this year closes, there is much we can CELEBRATE:  ·  the fastest development of vaccines ever imagined ·  national heroes armed with stethoscopes rather than guns...

For Pondering: We are all looking for hope right now. Medical and political answers help, but are not THE answer. We remember, "The hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight."