The Joseph Principle
Forgiveness is an internal, personal journey that does not require the other party. Reconciliation does. But forgiveness can move forward without them. This is a…
Category: Stories
Day 16 – Tribute to Larry Crabb
I just learned that Dr. Larry Crabb passed away yesterday. He was a Christian leader and author that profoundly influenced my life through his books…
Day 15 – God’s Mysterious Plan
On June 29, 2007 I was at home working when I answered a phone call from Terry. She was on her way to the emergency…
Day 14 – A barrier to forgiveness?
On this Friday I’d like to take a look back on the journey so far. This is the end of 3 of 4 weeks of…
Day 13 – Job’s Suffering; God’s Answer
When I wrote about Job, I received some interesting feedback that I thought might be good to revisit. One person asked: “How much time passed…
Day 12 – The Pain-Intention Matrix
When I was a kid I made a bow and arrow. Sort of. I had some bamboo that was probably one of those supports for…
Day 11 – The Problem Of Being Right
I scanned over the entire New Testament this morning looking at the many references to sin. Sin is an old word. A little out of…
Day 10 – The Starting Point of Forgiveness
(note: the photo with this article is my wife and our daughter, not the nephew I mention) We have photos at our wedding with our…
Day 9 – Glass half empty or half full?
One of my friends in junior high quizzed me, “is this glass half empty or half full?” The big reveal was that apparently it was…
Day 8 – Unfinished
It was an impulse, a moment of decision that came out of the blue. I’ve never told anyone that. …I just felt moved to do…