Category: Life Recovery Skills

On Empathy

Some helpful techniques and guidance about how to listen when people tell you something about themselves. It’s called empathy: When … More

A Jury of One’s Peers

You may (or may have not) seen video circulating recently showing the last moments of black American men shot by … More

He Was Twelve

When I was twelve I discovered in an old box of books a novel by Booth Tarkington. “Penrod” was the … More

Be the Church

Protect the environment. Care for the poor. Forgive often. Reject racism. Fight for the powerless. Share earthly and spiritual resources. … More

What Must We Then Do?

I’m a Christian, and I also believe in the power of reason. I don’t think anyone is convinced to switch … More

At One Time

Today Monty talked about a difficult term, “Atonement,” and brought out several ideas about what this means. I think most … More

Cookie Cutter

We step into a river, we believers, when we first decide to follow Jesus. The river is the great flow … More

Arms and the Man

If a foreign nation invaded America and as a result, 20 people every day were killed, at random, and no … More

Awash in a Sea of Tears

Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthian Believers, Chapter 10, lines 3-6 “For though we walk in the flesh, we are … More

God and Newtown

To my fellow Christians who are posting that “Newtown is God’s judgment on America for taking prayer out of schools”— … More

A Poem for Advent

America 2012 Twenty children were shot   Charlotte Bacon, 6and six adults in one of   Daniel Barden, 7the greatest tragedies   Olivia … More

Words and Actions

Indeed I tremble for my country when i reflect that God is just: that His justice cannot sleep for ever

Sabbatical

If we want to have a time of rest, we have to be willing to have the wind stopped.

Losing My Religion Pt 3

I’m saying that this isn’t a lecture where an expert is advising you. I’m saying this is a lecture of someone saying “All of life is at your fingertips. Go for it. Don’t settle for less.”

Losing My Religion Pt 2

I get it that people think that Christianity is like any other religion, or that it is only a religion. It is that—a religion.

Losing My Religion Pt 1

People lie. Societies crumble. Businesses fail. Political parties speak one thing but pursue an opposite agenda. These are our gods, and they are proved not to be so much lies as they are simply untrustworthy—literally not worthy of our trust. Not worthy of us.

Beauty and Ashes

I do not know if you can admit you’ve lived through that time, where beauty has changed to ashes. Often there is no safe place to have that discussion because life demands that you act as if life holds only beauty. There are chores and tasks to take care of. There are family members to support. Life goes on like a train, and there is never a cord to pull to say “Stop!” Whether you speak out or not—life goes on.

Sunday Words, Monday Deeds

I suspect that some of you are in the same boat with me. Thinking, “Lord, are you really calling me?” Because the awful reality is dawning that he is asking us to follow—to really follow – him.