Category Archives: Monday Morning Church

The “Wally” experience

It’s all a matter of choice.  What do you choose?
I recently found this story on Kirk Weisler’s website and I wanted to share it.
Years ago, my friend, Harvey Mackay, told me a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point. He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. When a [...]

Hope

With everything that has gone on in the world recently, a word that I can’t stop thinking about is Hope.
I think everyone could agree that a hopeful attitude is a good thing. But what exactly is hope? Can it be learned? Centuries of folk wisdom and religious teaching have taught the benefits of a hopeful [...]

Increase Joy

Winter is a tough time for many people, especially people here in central New York.  We are surrounded by snow, and almost every day we are getting more snow.  The days are shorter and we spend more and more time inside.  Depression rates run high during the winter months.  It is a hard time.  So how do [...]

Monday Morning Church

The closer that we are to Christmas the more stress I feel in my life.  There is so much to do, I don’t think I have enough hours in the day/week/month to get everything done!!
When I get stressed I have a pain in my lower back, it hurts me so much I can’t [...]

Perspective

On average I receive about 3-5 forward emails a day.  About once a week or so I will go through them and read them.  I will laugh at the jokes or think about the message that others try to portray.  The other day this one email caught my eye.  It was appropriate to read [...]

Taking Risks

When I worked at Camp Calumet, I would host  youth weekends.  About 5-6 small youth groups would come to the camp to participate in Calumet run youth weekend.  I, as the retreat host would use Friday night and Saturday morning as an opportunity for group building….I would plan activities that enabled the kids to feel [...]

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