A friend forwarded me a link to a YouTube video along with these eight words… “The best 10 minutes I spent all week!!” After the week I’ve just had, I was thinking I could sure use a great 10 minutes, so I decided to check it out. It was a …
Read More »Forgive and Forget?
A while back I gave a talk about the necessity of forgiveness if we are to live emotionally happy and spiritually healthy lives. I said something that seemed to surprise some people and I was asked to clarify what I meant when I said, “It is not possible to forgive …
Read More »Does God Care If We Cuss?
Back in the fall of 2008 when Sarah Palin condemned the critics of the National Day of Prayer she boldly exclaimed, “What in hell scares people about talking about America’s foundation of faith?” For me, hearing “what the hell” in the same sentence as the word “faith” pushed a button …
Read More »Believing the Impossible
I was thinking this morning about something that was written in Alice in Wonderland, where the Queen says to Alice, “Alice, tell me what happened tomorrow.” Alice answers back, “I can’t tell you what happened tomorrow. It’s impossible to tell you what happened tomorrow.” The Queen then says to Alice, “My …
Read More »Using Nature to Heal Grief
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn. ~ Bernie Seigal, M.D. Grieving the loss of a loved one can be a lengthy process, and it’s different for everyone, even when the cause of the grief is the same. Nature is infinitely …
Read More »One With the One
It was the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year 2009, four days after the summer solstice and the day that Michael Jackson died. What a very sad day it was for the world. A legend, a King, and a person I’d hoped to one day really get to know …
Read More »The Divine Design of Your Life
A statement I often hear from people is, “I don’t know why I am here.” Or, “I’m not sure if I am doing what I am really here for.” Have you every wondered about that? Jesus Christ gave us the perfect example of learning and living the divine design for …
Read More »When Your Destination Changes
I have the great pleasure of working with young people. They are so full of promise and potential as they stand at the threshold of their adult lives. Sometimes, though, I’ll see a young person struggle with the belief that before they set out for their dream they must first …
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