Let it Go! The Grace to Release.
People can change. Are we willing to allow them the grace to do so? Or, will we eagerly wait for them to slip and then cheer that change never did happen? How do you wish to be met in your transformation?
My Top 3, wish I had more. Books for 2014
These are the top 3 books I read in 2014. Okay, so it ends up being 5! For a guy who historically didn't read, this is pretty good! Enjoy and please share the books you enjoyed this year!
An icy chill. When justice turns to vengeance
The same people who herald Jesus as their God and believe He is love are often the same who fail miserably at treating others as they would want others to treat them. So much for the Golden Rule – it’s a pretty important one and it’s often forgotten. It creates an icy chill.
Wounded Wings. The Beauty of Pain, part 3
Woundedness is part of our world. Yet, how we handle it, and how well we allow others to assist us can make all the difference in our health, healing and relationships.
The Beauty of Pain, Part 2. Dang! I Did it Again!
Pain teaches us how to evaluate the environment we live in. It also solidifies our resolve to be more watchful and caring of our own lives and, hopefully, those around us as well as facilitating in our maturing.
The Beauty of Pain. Or, "Why I Stopped Whining" (well, most of the time).
Pain is an incentive to be part of a community of empathy. Pain helps us identify with others and them with us.
Blindsided by God. The Delight in Rest.
There are deep mysteries to be found as we intentionally seek spiritual rest, or sabbath. One of those is delight. Delighting in the things of creation is a gift given to us by God that needs to be recaptured.
New Wine, New Skin. A Key to Sustaining Personal Change.
Keep this in mind, people do change but only when acted upon by a force! How strong will that force need to be for you to change? And once change comes, additional adjustments may need to be made to support the new, great change.