View From Here: Inclusion

View From Here: Inclusion: Neil deGrasse Tyson ~ communicator, scientist, science educator, PBS celebrity ~ is a man rooted in understanding the universe. He forms ...

View From Here: Drawing Toward Health

View From Here: Drawing Toward Health: An acquaintance attempted suicide last week. This was the second attempt we know of. A phone call from her to a close friend alerted him of...

View From Here: That Which Divides

View From Here: That Which Divides: A local church new to our town represents an eastern religious heritage, most likely Hinduism. I have not visited the new neighbor and ha...

View From Here: Memorial Day

View From Here: Memorial Day: A day of remembering those who gave their lives so our nation could be, survive and be free. It is also a great day to be mindful of all of...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Knowledge and Kindness Yesterday’s blog reminded us of who our true native Americans are. Today I want us to focus on something their...

View From Here: Caring

View From Here: Caring: President Obama shared this gem with us in recent months: “Unless you are one of the first Americans, unless you are a Native America...

View From Here: Cooperation -- Not!

View From Here: Cooperation -- Not!: Mitch McConnell, senior Senator form Kentucky and the Senates minority leader for the Republicans, claimed Sunday, May 19, 2013, that the...

View From Here: Stories

View From Here: Stories: The pastor of my church has asked me to deliver a sermon from time to time. I only did it once and with the greatest of trepidation! When ...

View From Here: Who Are You?

View From Here: Who Are You?: There is a prayer made public a long time ago. I don’t know who wrote it. I do not know the circumstances that gave rise to its writing. B...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: True Relations I want you to think about your relationships with other people. Read this passage and think upon it for 15 minutes. W...

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View From Here: Illusions and Truths

View From Here: Illusions and Truths: Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche had this to say: “People don’t want to hear the truth because  they don’t want their illusions destr...

Nurses Explain the Healthcare Law in 90 Seconds

View From Here: Re-tooling

View From Here: Re-tooling: There are those in America who think having a gun will make us safer. Those same people often believe that if everyone has health care it...

View From Here: Need To Know

View From Here: Need To Know: Watched a TV program Sunday afternoon.  Need to know from PBS ( www.needtoknow.com ) on a ‘mass murder’ at Simon’s Rock College in Great...

View From Here: Message for Youth

View From Here: Message for Youth: This is what I want the youth group I’m working with on Fridays to hear, internalize and believe. If this happens the way I hope it to the...

View From Here: Normal or Exceptional?

View From Here: Normal or Exceptional?: Maya Angelou is a gem living among us! A poet to be sure, but so much more. A wise person. A fountain of prickly thoughts that call us to ...

View From Here: Informed or Opinionated?

View From Here: Informed or Opinionated?: Bewareofimages.com is a website that shared this thought the other day:             “Try being informed, not just opinionated.” K...

View From Here: In Plain View

View From Here: In Plain View: Days roll by. Weeks and months as well. Time passes. Looking back on it seems usual, expected, routine. Nothing arduous. No toil. Just pas...

View From Here: A Word on Dogs

View From Here: A Word on Dogs: Rocky caught this quote on the internet the other day and shared it with me. It is too good to pass up!             “They don’t care w...