God's huge gifts often come in small packages.
Watch and listen to this short video and let a 7 year old wonder lift your spirits today.
Watch and listen to this short video and let a 7 year old wonder lift your spirits today.
Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youth. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Inspiring young singer
God's huge gifts often come in small packages.
Watch and listen to this short video and let a 7 year old wonder lift your spirits today.
7 years old sings the National Anthem
Watch and listen to this short video and let a 7 year old wonder lift your spirits today.
7 years old sings the National Anthem
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Are you thinking young or old?
I don't know who said it, but I like it...
"Youth" is looking forward, "old" is looking back.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
New blog
I know, I know...I've missed a few days posting blog entries recently. But there's a reason!
tmcyouth.com asked me to start blogging for them a couple of weeks ago, and it's taken a bit of extra energy and time to get going with their program.
tmcyouth.com is a web site of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, dedicated to interacting with young people online around the world interested in Christian Science and its activities. It's a relatively new site targeted at a young audience, but growing and expanding with new ideas and offerings.
SpiritHeals, the name of my new blog on their site was added today.
I have two entries up.
Check out my introduction and my first posting titled, "A better way than war!"
Click on the above links and you'll go right to them.
And make comments at the end of the pieces! People love to read comments. I hope to receive many...and as usual, I expect to respond right back again.
To keep up the pace with SpiritHeals I'll be posting fewer entries on this site. I can only do so many! But I will blog links here to any posts I make on SpiritHeals. So, in the sum of it all, I'll probably have as many postings as you've grown accustomed to.
We'll see!
But this is fun. I look forward to the challenge of reaching an audience with obviously unique interests and concerns. To be honest, though, I think there is a "young" audience in all of us.
tmcyouth.com asked me to start blogging for them a couple of weeks ago, and it's taken a bit of extra energy and time to get going with their program.
tmcyouth.com is a web site of The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, dedicated to interacting with young people online around the world interested in Christian Science and its activities. It's a relatively new site targeted at a young audience, but growing and expanding with new ideas and offerings.
SpiritHeals, the name of my new blog on their site was added today.
I have two entries up.
Check out my introduction and my first posting titled, "A better way than war!"
Click on the above links and you'll go right to them.
And make comments at the end of the pieces! People love to read comments. I hope to receive many...and as usual, I expect to respond right back again.
To keep up the pace with SpiritHeals I'll be posting fewer entries on this site. I can only do so many! But I will blog links here to any posts I make on SpiritHeals. So, in the sum of it all, I'll probably have as many postings as you've grown accustomed to.
We'll see!
But this is fun. I look forward to the challenge of reaching an audience with obviously unique interests and concerns. To be honest, though, I think there is a "young" audience in all of us.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Age and youth
“You are as young as your faith,
As old as your doubt;
As young as your self-confidence,
As old as your fear;
As young as your hope,
As old as your despair.
In the central place of every heart, there is a recording
chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty,
hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young.”
~ General MacArthur
As old as your doubt;
As young as your self-confidence,
As old as your fear;
As young as your hope,
As old as your despair.
In the central place of every heart, there is a recording
chamber; so long as it receives messages of beauty,
hope, cheer, and courage, so long are you young.”
~ General MacArthur
Thursday, January 18, 2007
How old do you think you are?
This quote caught my attention:
Some people claim they’re 49 going on 30. Others say they’re 60 and complain like they’re 90. Some are 50 and act like they’re 15.
It’s a thought provoking question.
If I were to answer the question, I’d say I feel around 27. After I do 30 sit-ups and 30 push-ups with my son in his exercise routine, I’m not sure I feel like I’m 27… :) but honestly, on the inside, I feel very very young.
Not far from hitting the half-century mark, many people my age think of winding down…of when they want to retire, slow-down their activity, and join the “sipping lemonade in the sun” club. But not me! I have so many adventures yet to embark on, discoveries yet to make and spiritual advancements to achieve, I see several decades of vigorous, productive, and profitable engagement ahead of me. I’ve barely begun…
Having said that, honestly, I shy away from the whole year-counting fascination anyway because I’ve received so much grief about my age in the past.
For ten years I lectured on Christian Science and spiritual healing across North America in front of hundreds of audiences, and to tens of thousands of people. Before an event, I would greet people as they entered the auditorium, shaking their hands and getting acquainted.
Many attendees would be surprised when I introduced myself as the speaker and pop out words like “But you’re so young.” Sometimes their comment indicated delightful surprise, but other times it felt like a disqualification for speaking with credibility. I had such a youthful look for my age that many people took me for 15-20 years younger than I was. It happened so frequently, I started to expect it.
At first it bothered me because it felt like my youthful appearance was a liability for my career. But fortunately I did not buy into that false line of reasoning.
I thought about Bill Gates and his youthful look. It didn’t stop him from forging ahead. Whether you agree with his tactics or not, he didn’t let outward appearances stymie the fulfillment of his vision.
So, I gave up concern about what age I appeared to be long ago. I cherish Mary Baker Eddy’s statement, “Man in Science is neither young nor old.”
Science is a term she uses to refer to how God governs the universe, including man. Under the laws of God, our capacity for success, our abilities, strengths and outlook have nothing to do with passing years, but everything to do with God’s ever-present ability to sustain, maintain, invigorate and prosper us.
God’s strength never wanes or wavers, never ages, or passes away. He is our source, and when we stay conscious of our at-one-ment with God, we feel the ageless power of Spirit sustain us day by day, regardless of what date the calendar reads. We grow stronger, happier and healthier, not the opposite.
So, back to the question, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
The best answer I can think of is, “I’m neither young nor old, but ageless!”
Life is eternal. Years are irrelevant.
What do you think? If you had never counted birthdays and totally lost track of your birth date, how old would you think you were?How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
~ Satchel Paige
Some people claim they’re 49 going on 30. Others say they’re 60 and complain like they’re 90. Some are 50 and act like they’re 15.
It’s a thought provoking question.
If I were to answer the question, I’d say I feel around 27. After I do 30 sit-ups and 30 push-ups with my son in his exercise routine, I’m not sure I feel like I’m 27… :) but honestly, on the inside, I feel very very young.
Not far from hitting the half-century mark, many people my age think of winding down…of when they want to retire, slow-down their activity, and join the “sipping lemonade in the sun” club. But not me! I have so many adventures yet to embark on, discoveries yet to make and spiritual advancements to achieve, I see several decades of vigorous, productive, and profitable engagement ahead of me. I’ve barely begun…
Having said that, honestly, I shy away from the whole year-counting fascination anyway because I’ve received so much grief about my age in the past.
For ten years I lectured on Christian Science and spiritual healing across North America in front of hundreds of audiences, and to tens of thousands of people. Before an event, I would greet people as they entered the auditorium, shaking their hands and getting acquainted.
Many attendees would be surprised when I introduced myself as the speaker and pop out words like “But you’re so young.” Sometimes their comment indicated delightful surprise, but other times it felt like a disqualification for speaking with credibility. I had such a youthful look for my age that many people took me for 15-20 years younger than I was. It happened so frequently, I started to expect it.
At first it bothered me because it felt like my youthful appearance was a liability for my career. But fortunately I did not buy into that false line of reasoning.
I thought about Bill Gates and his youthful look. It didn’t stop him from forging ahead. Whether you agree with his tactics or not, he didn’t let outward appearances stymie the fulfillment of his vision.
So, I gave up concern about what age I appeared to be long ago. I cherish Mary Baker Eddy’s statement, “Man in Science is neither young nor old.”
Science is a term she uses to refer to how God governs the universe, including man. Under the laws of God, our capacity for success, our abilities, strengths and outlook have nothing to do with passing years, but everything to do with God’s ever-present ability to sustain, maintain, invigorate and prosper us.
God’s strength never wanes or wavers, never ages, or passes away. He is our source, and when we stay conscious of our at-one-ment with God, we feel the ageless power of Spirit sustain us day by day, regardless of what date the calendar reads. We grow stronger, happier and healthier, not the opposite.
So, back to the question, “How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?”
The best answer I can think of is, “I’m neither young nor old, but ageless!”
Life is eternal. Years are irrelevant.
