CoffeeBreak With The Word

Jerry Scott

  • Ashamed? No More!

    One of the most powerful emotional toxins common to the human experience is shame – feelings of worthlessness that create a desire to hide our true selves.  “If they really knew me, they would hate me.” is the conclusion comes… Continue reading

  • I Saw The Light!

    Who doesn’t love the dawn of a new day? Most mornings around 5:30 my eyes open in the darkness of my bedroom. I ask Alexa™ to turn on the lights and the gloom is instantly dispelled!  There is a simple… Continue reading

  • Cleansed of the grime

    It is said that one of the most beautiful places in the Vatican is the Sistine Chapel. (a note – I have never been there!) It was built about 1481. Its walls were decorated by Renaissance painters. Between 1508 and… Continue reading

  • Anger, Fear, and Hopelessness

    An article I read yesterday reported that anger is now the emotion we share most.  Three-quarters of Americans are angered by the state of the world and their own place in life! That is a lot of angry people!  The… Continue reading

  • A Net Positive?

    Not many of you will remember the name, William Safire.  He was a speechwriter in the Nixon administration who is best known as a New York Times op-ed columnist.  He put a memorable phrase in the mouth of an inarticulate… Continue reading

  • Resources are yours!

    I remember the leaner days many years ago our little family when the money that came in was already spent on our necessities, when I wondered how I would pay for that unforeseen expense, when we juggled our funds to… Continue reading

  • “My Pleasure” Serving?

    When you visit Chick-fil-A™,  if you say, “Thank you” to an employee the response will be – “my pleasure.”  Sources tell me that the practice dates back to 2001 when founder, Truett Cathy, noticed a Ritz-Carlton employee respond to his… Continue reading

  • Stuck? Becalmed?  Anxious?

    At the earth’s equator, there is a belt of nearly windless waters. It was a much dreaded area in the era of sailing ships which could be stuck, becalmed, for days or even weeks. It is called the Intertropical Convergence… Continue reading

  • The hand-off

    While watching the Olympic coverage, I was captivated by the 4×100 event. Runners, moving at top speed, hand off a baton from one to the other at each leg of the race.  Those athletes make it look easy, but try… Continue reading

  • Living or existing?

    Are you alive?  The question is not about your heartbeat or breathing, obviously!  Let’s phrase it this way- are you just existing, letting day after day slip by without joy or accomplishment?  The question of being ‘alive’ came to me… Continue reading