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Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: Cring begins the discussion about the black and white bar fight
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Sensitize … June 6th, 2020
SENSITIZE 8
Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
Today: A little more discussion on the bar fight between men and women and what we can shove into the middle.
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Sensitize … June 3rd, 2020
SENSITIZE 5
Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
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Sensitize … June 2nd, 2020
SENSITIZE 4
Every morning, Mr. Cring takes a personal moment with his audience.
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1 Thing That Needs A Memorial Today
Peacemakers
The soldiers are worthy of deep appreciation, for they have marched off when something was afoot (usually wearing an Army boot).
It takes a lot of bravery to be shot at.
But there is a considerable amount of courage in finding a way to stop the shooting.
We wouldn’t have anyone marching on Memorial Day if everyone was in a grave.
Somewhere along the line, those who grew weary of war and knew it was hell found ways to negotiate peace or even to expose the meaningless nature of conflict.
Peacemakers are blessed because they have to go where there are wars in order to create peace.
Peace is never forged in a boardroom.
Instead, it is visualized when men and women grow tired of death and destruction and finally allow themselves to believe that the true honor lies in maneuvering to find peace.
War is not for heroes and peace for wimps.
Peace is created by the heroes of a war which needs to stop.
A quick overview of the history of wars in our American nation is not terribly uplifting. Wars have been fought for almost every reason plausible—and too often for profit and gain.
But to the soldiers—those who serve—there needfully is a special place of value and tenderness in our hearts.
But also, we stop today and erect a memorial to those who make peace.
Those wars that didn’t have to happen—like the thermonuclear one that could have been started from Cuba in 1962.
We are thankful to the peacemakers.
It is completely plausible to respect the military without always wanting to use it.
The best way to keep a strong army and defend a country is to make sure that our young men and women don’t have to lose their lives to prove that America is strong.
We give that job of consecration, diplomacy and negotiation to our peacemakers.
Sit Down Comedy … December 14th, 2018
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Bad inflow, stinky outflow.
The human race has been given lots of bad information.
Thus the stink in the air.
The collaborators are at work. They have gotten together and either lined up in one brigade or clumped in another–those camps being the secular notion that all human beings are basically good, just needing to be left alone to prosper within their own consciousness, or the religious assertion that we are rotten, and if God doesn’t save us and constantly monitor our activities, we are fodder for hell.
It’s spooky.
And trying to find a real life out of these warring armies of philosophy makes the common person like me wish for some peace. The problem is, I end up less productive than I wish to be.
Human beings are probably one of the simpler forms of life.
We are not creatures in the jungle, struggling for survival. We are not bees, frantically trying to make honey, and we also are not cockroaches, scurrying across the floor to escape being squashed by grossed-out adults.
We have two buttons. Yes, just two: LESS and MORE. Should we press LESS or press MORE?
The conflict arises when our ego tells us to press MORE when LESS is needed, or our fear demands we press LESS when it’s time to hunker down on the MORE button.
The entire Gospel of Jesus was a less and more proposal. Don’t take my word for it–you read it and you’ll see the principle. He came to guide us into what should be done less, what should be thought less and what should be felt less, and what requires a good dose of more.
You don’t have to go any further than the Beatitudes to find this in full application:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit.”
In other words, less ego about being spiritual because you really aren’t, and God doesn’t expect you to be anything but human.
“Blessed are they that mourn.”
More compassion is needed for others if we expect to feel the compassion coming back our way.
“Blessed are the meek.”
Less struggling, fighting, arguing, back-biting and cursing will give us a chance to buy time for a shift in society’s thinking or a change of scenery.
“Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness.”
We all need more energy in trying to learn to achieve our goals by using the most common sense we can possibly muster.
“Blessed are the merciful.”
It’s made clear that the more merciful we are to others, the more we receive in return.
“Blessed are the pure in heart.”
The less we inundate our emotions with unnecessary arguments, the easier it is to see God working in our lives.
“Blessed are the peacemakers.”
The more we stay out of the fracas of politics and religious intolerance, the more we will be viewed as individuals who make things happen–good things.
“Blessed are those which are persecuted for righteousness sake.”
Yes, less worry about whether we will come out on top. We should stop being concerned about goodness going out of style.
And the culmination: “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad.”
Bluntly, less fretting about whether things are going to turn out well for us here on Earth and in the kingdom beyond.
Step into your day with your two buttons: LESS and MORE.
Then take the time, all the good things you’ve learned, and choose which one to press when it is the moment to render an excellent decision.
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Good News and Better News … April 25th, 2016
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Salem United Methodist Church in Blountville, Tennessee.
It was my pleasure to be with the dear citizens yesterday morning.
“Salem” means “a peaceful completion.” Ironic, since it’s contained in the name of the city, “Jerusalem,” which is hardly peaceful or completed.
But as I looked out at my new friends yesterday morning, I asked myself, what is peace?
Because Jesus told us that we are certainly meant to be peacemakers. As in most things in life, I think we get confused as to where to start.
The more religious among us believe we should make our peace with God first and foremost.
Those who are more secular-minded contend we should make our peace with ourselves–find our inner sanctum of tranquility. Then we would be in a position to make peace with others.
Even though these two schools of thought are very popular, they have not brought peace to the world.
Often when we feel we’ve made our peace with God, it makes us prideful of our salvation and therefore critical of others.
On the other hand, when we make peace with ourselves, we tend to get a bit pompous over our own satisfaction, feel no need for God, and pity the weaker humans around us.
Yesterday, while sharing with the Salem gathered, I realized that our job is to make peace with others.
Jesus made this clear in the Sermon on the Mount. He said if you get to church and you remember that somebody has something against you–maybe a grudge–you should leave church and work that out first. Otherwise, nothing good will happen.
Conventional thinking is that going to church would soften our hearts to be more forgiving, or that the solitude of prayer would prepare our souls for a peaceful resolution.
But Jesus said nothing is really achieved until we make peace with the offended. (By the way, that doesn’t mean we have a bone to pick with them, but instead, we recall that they want to pick our bones.)
I’ve got to be honest with you–sometimes those around me get miffed at something I’ve done and I couldn’t give a hoot owl’s “who-who” over it. But that’s because I think I can have peace of mind and peace with my God without having peace with my brothers and sisters.
That kind of attitude is the formula for conflict, feuds and even wars.
God has peace with me. He knows who I am. He still hangs around.
Generally speaking, under normal circumstances, I find a way to love myself–even if it’s the “ooey-gooey” of self-pity.
But true peace is when I become passionately concerned over trying to understand the situation of the individuals around me.
I can’t get peace with God or really have legitimate peace with myself until I attempt to make peace with others.
That’s the good news. Here’s the better news:
If we believe this to be true, we can get a jump on the situation … before misunderstandings become lasting conflicts.
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