Day 7 – We should forgive
At this point I feel like I should affirm my beliefs. I’ve had some great responses to these messages and I’m grateful for all of…
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Day 6 – How to remember something
When I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s I was told that you only have so many brain cells and that if you did…
Day 5 – The Strange Paradox With Forgiveness
Day 5: The Strange Paradox With Forgiveness So many wonderful responses to my messages last week, thank you! I appreciate every one of them. As…
Day 4 – Tricky Questions About Forgiveness
Forgiveness can appear to be a simple thing. And sometimes, it is. But for some people, and in some cases, it’s not. It can get…
Day 3 – Valleys of Death
My mom said a strange thing to me once. She said that when I was growing up I never held grudges, didn’t carry resentment. I’d…
Day 2 – Maybe this makes forgiveness harder?
Yesterday I started in a rather abstract place to discuss forgiveness: my simple childhood. There’s a reason for that, as I think you’ll see as…
Day 1 – How I’m going to explore forgiveness
We must inhabit our experiences. Our culture these days is entranced by ideas and concepts as though all we are is an idea. As though…
Are You Kicking a Goad vs. “Being With”?
My father had Crohn’s disease all his adult life, a gastrointestinal problem that would occasionally hospitalize him. In later years when this would happen I…
Don’t wait until “when”
We are fond of thinking that God lives outside of time. That he exists yesterday, today, and in the future. Which he does. But we…
“The most gratifying thing I’ve ever done”
Starting and growing Meditate On Christ has been the single most gratifying thing I’ve ever done in my life apart from having our 3 wonderful…