As a visual learner and reader, even a bible verse may create a mental image in my mind’s eye.  As I was reading Psalm 91:7, the mental image caused a…

In a thin book near the end of it, Frederick Buechner offers a beautiful insight regarding God’s will: “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep…

We all have a preference around where our mind rests.  For some, it rests in the past; what has happened certainly predicts what will happen.  For others, your mind rests…

We can become lost in our lives.  How does it happen?  Lostness has two speeds: slow and sudden.  The slow barely perceptible speed of nature.  Aging is a bit like…

Jesus appeals to us to increase our capacity.  Increasing our capacity is hard work and uncomfortable.  Yet, most of our faith journey is lived in a place of discomfort.  To…

Even the best life is limited.[1]  Knowing when you are pushing against your limits is a wonderful way of expressing love, value, and honor to yourself.  We live in a…

The title of this posting is the first line in M. Scott Peck’s book “The Road Less Traveled.”  Life is difficult.  Some problems do not go away.  They seem to…

Four-hundred and ninety Times In Jesus’ ancient Jewish religious culture, the idea of forgiving one another was a revolutionary idea.  The culture’s understanding and their laws centered around an eye…

The spiritual development journey is sprinkled with opportunities (and these opportunities may be painful to our pride) to recognize attachments.  Today I write about attachments that are not life giving. …

When my maternal grandfather was a toddler, he contracted polio.  The disease left its mark on him by robbing him of the use of his legs.  As his granddaughter, he…