Monthly Archives: September 2025

FMM 9 26 2025 Laughter, the best Medicine

“To him who is in fear, everything rustles.” ~ Sophocles. I remember finding a book of jokes, when I was quite young.  I was a good reader, and these jokes were fairly easy to decipher especially as the book was illustrated with drawings.  One joke told of a man carefully driving a little car on […]

FMM 9 19 2025 All we need is Hope

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness” ~ Desmond Tutu. Manchester, England used to be famous for its rainfall.  Having lived there as an adult for three years, over 40 years ago, I can attest to there being lots of grey sky, frequent rainy days, quite a […]

FMM 9 12 2025 How Free is Free?

“America’s greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.” ~ Benazir Bhutto. Although I was old enough, I cannot say I remember where I was when Kennedy was killed.  Our family had just moved to Jamaica, and I imagine […]

FMM 9 5 2025 Lively up Yourself!

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ~  Rabindranath Tagore. When you grow up in the church, it goes without saying that you soon learn that doing unto others, caring for the least among us, is done without thinking.  […]