Dr. Don Kuehle
United Methodist
NewsAugust 26, 2001
GOOD THINKING: SCHOOL DAYS BRING MEMORIES"School days, school days, good old Golden Rule days; Readin' and Writin' and 'Rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hickory stick." School days have always been important days. Even for those of us who remember the "good old days," school shaped our lives. ...FeaturesAugust 12, 2001
GOOD THINKING: TRADITIONS ARE NOT TIMELESSHot, hazy, humid days! These are the "dog days" of August, the hottest days of the summer! The ancient Romans had an explanation: It was during the early part of August that the Dog Star, Sirius, appeared in the summer sky; the Romans believed that the heat of the ...FeaturesJuly 29, 2001
GOOD THINKING: WHAT IF THEY HAD QUIT?I had a dream the other night. I dreamed that the 12 Disciples had gathered at one of their favorite campsites on the Sea of Galilee for their 20th reunion. Peter's hair had turned gray and he was bothered by arthritis. James and John were no longer so "thunderous"...NewsJuly 22, 2001
GOOD THINKING: LIFE IS! WHAT YOU MAKE ITWilliam James said it first in the year 1897: "Life is worth living, we can say, because it is what we make it." This saying has become a part of our daily living. Teachers teach it to their students. Preachers preach it to their parishioners. Motivational speakers...NewsJuly 15, 2001
GOOD THINKING: WHEN I SEE A RAINBOW"My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky; So it was when my life began. So it is now I'm a man." -- William Wordsworth Storm clouds. Drenching rain. Lightning and thunder. A ray of sunlight. A rainbow arching from horizon to horizon. My heart is stirre...NewsJuly 8, 2001
GOOD THINKING: ANSWERING GOD'S CALL THROUGHOUT LIFEThere's an old spiritual that goes like this: "Hush! Hush! Somebody's callin' my name; Hush! Hush! Somebody's callin' my name; O my Lawd, O my Lawd, what'll I do?" From birth's new dawn to death's final hurrah, somebody or something is always calling to us!...NewsJuly 1, 2001
GOOD THINKING: AMERICA CELEBRATES ITS FREEDOMS"I pledge my allegiance to the United States of America." An American flag stands at the front of the church sanctuary. This flag reminds us of the greatness of our nation, of the rights and privileges we enjoy as its citizens, and of the great debt we owe to our c...NewsJune 24, 2001
GOOD THINKING: IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIMEI love summer because summer is a time for picnics! I love picnics! I'm glad God came up with the idea of picnics! Let's pack a picnic lunch and go to the lake. Put in the ham and cheese; don't forget the potato salad and slaw, and the iced tea and a Kool-Aid. ...NewsJune 17, 2001
GOOD THINKING: SOWING HABITS TO GROW A GOOD LIFE"Old habits die hard." "We are all creatures of habit." Custom. Habit. Routine. Would life run as smoothly were it not for habits and routines? Costume. Custom. Habit. All come from the same Latin roots. A custom or a habit is that which one makes one's own, wheth...NewsJune 10, 2001
GOOD THINKING: HORSE SENSE, COMMON SENSE LEAD TO GOD"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink." so said John Heywood. Then there are those people who "...have not sense enough to come in out of the rain." Thus wrote Thomas More. How tempting it is to concentrate one's attention on the horse that re...Advertisement
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