Four Steps to Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not easy, but it is necessary to find the healing and freedom you deserve. I’d like to offer four things about forgiveness to help you on your road to freedom.
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Should I Trust My Feelings?
The battle between head and heart is a common one. This is especially true when trying to make an important decision. The logical part of our existence wars against the emotive, so much so that we tend to minimize our feelings in favor of our intellect, the result is we invalidate the importance of our…
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What If?
It’s not uncommon to hear individuals complain about the other drivers in the city or town they call home. In fact, I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard someone day, “This town has the worst drivers.” Maybe it’s just part of the local experience.
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The Lamp
I have several solar powered lamps positioned in strategic locations around my back yard. They are tasteful, providing accent lighting around the swimming pool and patio palms at night; and economical, purchased at the local discount store. It’s a rather straight-forward operation. The sun’s light recharges the batteries during the day, which in turn, power…
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Listen
As one who is trained in the art of listening . . . and who makes his living as a counselor by it, it pains me to see how much listening actually goes on, . . . or not. Mostly not. All around me (and I don’t believe I’m imagining things) it appears that people…
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Gossip Gone “A-Fowl”
The story is told of a woman in medieval times who was known as the Town Gossip. When she had been sufficiently ostracized by the rest of the town, she felt enough conviction to go to her priest for confession. With a genuinely repentive spirit, she tearfully acknowledged the harm she had caused and vowed…
