Everyday Spirituality

When I first started reporting for the newspaper, the learning curve was steep. An enormous effort was needed on my part to interview productively then write an article that made sense. Did I mention the enormous effort? I would literally sweat when writing. Writing is more effortless today. What makes something effortless? Effort. How can…

It’s important to feel good about our self. When we don’t feel good about our self, our level of self-consciousness is so weighty it takes all the fun out of life. The enormous scope of what it takes for a person to feel good about themselves is mind-boggling. I’ve met people who feel good about…

For almost one hundred years now, astronomers have concurred that the universe is expanding. They’ve even decided the rate of expansion is increasing. Patrick McDonald, of the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, gave an example of an expanding universe, saying, “Acceleration is like you throw a ball up, and it starts going up faster and…

Hi Everyone, I would like to invite you to the Unitarian/Universalist Society in Oneonta, New York, November 30. I will be giving the sermon, subject: appreciation. The service begins Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Church location is 12 Ford Avenue, Oneonta, NY Happy Thanksgiving.

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Pronounced Tuh-GA-nick, Taughannock falls carves a 400 foot deep gorge through layers of sandstone, shale and limestone that were once the bed of an ancient sea. With a 215 foot plunge, this waterfall stands three stories taller than Niagara Falls. By happenstance, Doug and I came across Taughannock falls yesterday while on a road trip.…

From 21st Century Science and Health: If you think weather affects health poorly, your Mind-remedy is safe and sure. If you are a scientist of Spirit, symptoms of sickness are not apt to follow exposure to certain weather. However, if you believe in laws of mortality and their fatal effects when transgressed, you are not…

For God alone my soul waits in silence; from him comes my salvation. Psalm 62:1 ESV

Cats Sleep Anywhere Cats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair. Top of piano, window-ledge, in the middle, on the edge. Open draw, empty shoe, anybody’s lap will do. Fitted in a cardboard box, in the cupboard with your frocks. Anywhere! They don’t care! Cats sleep anywhere. …Eleanor Farjeon   Unknown Title You see the beauty…

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