by mmooney | Dec 20, 2024 | The Friday Message
It is the Christmas Season. I had a request from my spouse to skip the disturbing current events and focus on the beauty and joy that is represented by the season. That is a tall order, but apparently so is one of the expressed tenets of Jesus’s time on earth. “Love...
by mmooney | Dec 13, 2024 | The Friday Message
People like to say that history repeats itself. You likely don’t recall the English Civil War. It occurred in l642 and was fought over the balance of power between Parliament and King Charles I. Parliament fought for the right to participate in government, it was not...
by mmooney | Dec 6, 2024 | The Friday Message
I grew up in Eastern Idaho with many of my friends belonging to the dominant church in that area. Swearing was not something any of us did around adults but my religiously oriented friends substituted “frig” for what they really meant. It is amazing that the “f” word...
by mmooney | Nov 30, 2024 | The Friday Message
So many things to be grateful for, where do you start on your list? I have chosen to take the week to erase the current political disaster from my thoughts and only focus on those things that are truly important. What things make the cut—- family, friends, those in...
by mmooney | Nov 22, 2024 | The Friday Message
The request from my spouse was for this week’s message to not discuss politics. It is a reasonable request since we have changed most of our daily habits to avoid the news cycle. I may have cheated a few times to make sure the “Gaetz” was going to close on...
by mmooney | Nov 15, 2024 | The Friday Message
I often look to music, mostly from when I could understand the lyrics, for insight. I was torn this week between a few classic Beatle songs. Elton John’s Sad Songs (Say so Much) was certainly in the running. Credence Clearwater wins the spotlight for “Bad Moon...
