Category Archives: Your Monday Blessing

Halloween Dream

Posted on November 2, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

It has been foretold that you will enter an uncertainty, vast and deep – a dark wood, unattempted yet in prose or rhyme – armed only with an orange, plastic, pumpkin bucket. Your parent or guardian is in the distance … Continue reading →

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Poem by John Aikin, M.D.

Posted on October 17, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing today comes from the pen of John Aikin, M.D. (1747 – 1822) the subject of this year’s Warrington Academy Service at Cairo Street Unitarian Chapel. This is from his “Epistle to the Rev. W Enfield, Ll. D.” … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: The Tree and the Doctor

Posted on October 10, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

You’ve probably heard the one about the tree who went to the doctor. “It’s bad, doc,” said the tree. “I see. What seems to be the trouble?” the doctor asked. “I should have come in weeks ago, doc, when it … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: Prayer for Discomfort

Posted on October 3, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

I have a prayer that my discomforts might not be trivial. See, the thing is, I KNOW I’m going to seek comfort. Most of us do naturally, to some degree, and I DEFINITELY do. And I’m not castigating myself over … Continue reading →

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Love and the Chicago Cubs

Posted on September 19, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Love and the Chicago Cubs are essentially the same thing: a lot of people root for them but they will never win. Dress them up in royal blue, for corporate picnics in July; fine playthings in the summer months, that … Continue reading →

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How the Bee got its Sting

Posted on September 12, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

How the bee got its sting There was once a fly who liked flowers. He didn’t know WHY he liked flowers, but they fascinated him. All he wanted to do, all day, was to be as close to flowers as … Continue reading →

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Welcome to this Humble Day

Posted on September 5, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

God, I welcome you into my humble day. Please make yourself at home. Sorry about the clutter – I forgot you were coming, and then a thousand projects of inclination left their mark. The problem with possession is that things … Continue reading →

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Blessed be the work

Posted on August 1, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing: this week I’ll be going on vacation, which means it’s time for summer reruns. Here’s one I wrote in 2014, about work. Happy Monday, everyone! Blessed be the work of your hands. Whether you hold a welding … Continue reading →

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Stony the Road We Trod

Posted on July 25, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Your Monday Blessing: “Stony the Road we Trod” The accusations are familiar. “A bunch of arcane rituals nobody really understands.” “A waste of time – boring and pointless.” “If they really want to be helpful, why don’t they just volunteer … Continue reading →

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To the one insisting “All Lives Matter”

Posted on July 12, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

You have made a protest, albeit a small one. I am listening. I am listening. I am waiting to hear what is required of us. If all lives matter, then surely we need to be outside the immigrant detention center, … Continue reading →

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