Put it Down!
PREFACE: In 2004 as I watched the movie The Passion of the Christ, I experienced a visceral reaction to the scene when Jesus commanded Peter …
I’m Going with the Greek!
Most people I know, including myself until about thirty years ago, interpret what Jesus is saying in Matthew 5:48, in this way: “I want you …
Chuck the glass! Live YOUR Design:
Reality isn’t always easy to face. But I’ve discovered that it beats the illusion of the glass half-empty, half-full approach to life! FACE reality instead …
“No disaster will come near your tent.”
Years ago, when Phil and I along with our two kids camped with three of my four sibs and their kids, a thunderstorm came through …
Is shame deceiving you? Remember: You are clean!
Whenever we perceive ourselves (and/or others) as anything less than a marvelous, beautiful work of art – a masterpiece – that perception is a deception. …
Listen to your bod – manage its pain!
While I don’t believe for one minute that pain is gain, I do perceive pain as gift: Pain warns us that we’re either heading toward …
Enriched by Darkness
a break up a death loss of employment; loss of financial security a diagnosis of a mental health or physical problem a rape facing the …
Remembering who I AM . . .
I have often forgotten who I am: a magnificent masterpiece created by God. When I forget that, I believe that I am my unloving behaviors, …
Let the Stray Dog Pass By
I understand the desire to find out what the person or group who has betrayed me is up to. I get it! And, when I’ve …
The Mystery of God is LOVE
Here it is March 22. Beautiful day, today. Spring is around the corner. I’m thinking about why I’m surprised that it snowed last week here …