Perspective is Everything
It’s been raining all weekend and it’s an unusual amount coming off the summer thunderstorms where you’ll have downpours one minute and bright sunshine the next. These rains were soakers...
Not Always About Us
I read this quote recently by a woman named, Evelyn Underhill, who is a great female scholar of mysticism, and it got me thinking about a few things. It goes as...
Wordwise: Security Through Integrity
Last week I listened to a man describe the ways he was affected by his recent affair. “It change the way I experienced life,” he told me. “Each morning, instead...
Waiting and Patience
“Waiting patiently in expectation is the foundation of the Spiritual Life.” – Simone Weil “Patience is everything.” – Rainer Maria Rilke How many times in our life have we been told to...
Avoiding the Unavoidable?
What do you do to avoid emotional pain? We all try it from time to time, some of us more successfully than others. Do you busy yourself in work, school?...
Catching Your Anger FISH
Sometimes I get angry at the oddest things. If my wife points out a legitimate criticism (You left the freezer open all night… You forgot to pay this bill… The...
Applying Patience
I heard a sermon on patience yesterday, probably my 3,451st sermon on patience. But apparently even after 3,451 sermons, I still have not gotten a grip on it. As our...