The Obvious: In our world, the bigotry of race and gender are obvious and they have long and painful histories. We all realize when someone is mistreated because of the color of their skin, bigotry has occurred. We all know Read more…
Paper Products Closet: Last week I heard from a good friend, Stan, who works in the world between our sheltered world and the very poor of the unsheltered world. A world, some call the working poor; I will call it Read more…
The ER: A good friend shared an interesting story this week. His brother attended seminary. One of the brother’s assignments was to be in attendance in a hospital emergency room. His first assigned night was a Friday night. The first Read more…
I was getting restless. I have a list of ideas for future blogs. I began a new blog from that list and it simply was not falling together. I tried another idea and the same thing happened. I usually start Read more…
Today’s wonderful story starts with a simple act of kindness, and through “coincidences” results in an amazing story of healing. I hope you enjoy reading it. I was blessed to live it. An Act of Kindness: I live in a Read more…
I was deeply moved by the stories you shared in response to my latest blog on forgiveness. I learned of healing between brothers, between adults and parents and much more. I also learned of people struggling to forgive. I want Read more…
For technical reasons, this blog did not get posted last week. Sorry! We are a little past 9/11 but I still hope you enjoy. I received some wonderful responses to my last blog on forgiveness. A couple of them brought Read more…
A friend gave a very thoughtful response to last week’s topic of forgiveness. He has been taught, and believes, we always suffer in some regard when we truly forgive. We suffer because we give up the right to hurt back Read more…
Blog 14: Forgiveness Good News Upon our return from a two week trip to the Midwest, Jeny and I attended a volleyball game. The game was very difficult for me to watch. I worked with the team for the last Read more…
I have been touched by several interactions that occurred during our recent trip through the Midwest. Our first stop, we had breakfast with friends. They recently moved to a new community. After several years in private schools, they enrolled their Read more…