Sunday Thoughts
Reflections offering faith, hope, and encouragement for everyday life.
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Sunday Meditation
Take a quiet moment to step away from the noise of daily life and reconnect with God. This guided reflection offers words of rest, comfort, forgiveness, and hope for whatever you may be carrying today.
Welcome to this time of meditation.
Find a quiet place and be seated.
During this time, whatever burdens you carry with you may begin to feel lighter.
If you are weary, you may find rest.
If you are mourning, you may find comfort.
If you are burdened by guilt, you may find forgiveness.
You may find another chance if you have been feeling at the end of your rope.
If you are lonely, you may be inspired to find new friendships.
Meditation can help you find a new voice within you - to give thanks to God, to speak with hope about tomorrow, to speak out against injustice, to make the acquaintance of a stranger, to break the silence between you and someone else.
The quiet time may help you open the door of your heart to God, for YOU are God's home.
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Sunday Thoughts IList Item 1
I have a friend who stopped watching tv network news years ago. Well, decades ago, now; she said back then that what got reported was always violence and horribleness, and that it made her depressed.
It’s hard not to get sucked into the conclusion that the world is a violent and horrible place.
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CuesList Item 2
It’s widely accepted (as far as I know) that humans can learn a lot from animals. And it’s certain that they learn a lot from — and about — us. You can probably remember instances where you learned from your pets, or your livestock, or the wildlife around you. You can be certain that they have been watching and learning from and about you.
Sometimes animals pick up on cues that disturb them.
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Sunday Thoughts IIList Item 3
I heard something on the radio while I was driving yesterday. It was about an experiment, but I’m just going to tell a part of it. People who were participating in the experiment (no one died and no animals were harmed) were asked some questions.
1: If you were walking past a pond, and you saw a child drowning in the pond, would you jump in the water to save the drowning child?
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Spitting ImageList Item 4
Over the years, I’ve met a lot of babies. Lots of newborns, some not quite so brandy-new. Something that always amuses me is the way people see physical resemblances to others, usually family members, in babies. “Look!” someone will say, “he has his daddy’s nose!” Or, “Those ears — she’s got your ears!” (not mine; someone else’s who was there...)
Now, I’ve got to confess that, to me, most babies have a kind of blob-like quality, definitely humanoid (I can tell they’re not puppies), but lacking specific identifying characteristics, like daddy’s nose or grandma’s ears.
Maybe it’s because I never had a blob — I mean, a baby — of my own.
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Sojourners
Around the turn of the century, I took a trip to the Middle East. It was in October, my favorite time of year to travel. In October, the weather is milder, the tourist crush is largely dissipated, and I can often plan to be on vacation for my birthday.
On my birthday, my group was scheduled to travel into the Negev region of Israel, an area of about 4700 square miles covering the southern half of the country. My group was headed to visit with a tribe of Bedouin, nomadic people of the Middle Eastern deserts.
