The Art of Forgiving by Lewis B. Smedes
I hate admitting I’m wrong, but could I really have been wrong about forgiveness, of all things?
That’s a dumb question.
In Lewis B. Smedes’s The Art of Forgiving, there is some much needed clarification on the subject of forgiveness. Smedes Continue Reading…
I’ve taken a long break from my blog for a lot of reasons. When it came to blogging, if you needed a visual to capture a pure reflection of frustration, all you needed to do was get a snapshot of my face. I pretty much personified frustration.
And there was a story behind it, as well. Continue Reading…
When I was his age, some 31 years ago, $5 went a lot further. Today, it barely covers the cost of a 6-piece chicken nugget Happy Meal at McDonalds. And I mean just barely! But $5 is hardly insignificant…
Last Wednesday evening, NMCCH had its annual end of the school year awards ceremony. I was proud of all the home kids, but I was especially Continue Reading…
Ok. I’ve done my best to give considerable thought to solutions to help resolve the incongruity between how we live our lives and what we know to be right. I’ve sought to generalize a bit, so as to make it possible that the suggestions I offer are adaptable to just about anyone. If there’s one thing I’ve learned it’s that what works for one may not always work for the other in the same exact way, so we are better served when we can take things and then shape them to who we are. Continue Reading…
Yesterday I audaciously suggested that simple prohibitions aren’t working. As much as I want to resist the notion- after all, the bible straightforwardly tells us not to do certain things- I must resist it, because the same bible that tells us not to do certain things also tells us that telling us not to do certain things isn’t enough. In fact, Paul drives home the point that absolute laws (“Thou shalt not…”) can actually create trouble for us. Continue Reading…
