It is a little embarrassing that, after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.
03574 – Be Kind to Each Other
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03353 – Forgiveness is a Process
Nothing is as important as forgiveness, but sometimes nothing is harder than forgiveness. Contrary to some well-intended advice, we can't simply decide to forgive and move on. It is a process that often takes a long time.
03321 – Seeking Advice?
When setting out on a journey do not seek advice from those who have never left home.
02261 – Hail Mary, Full of GRACE
When we think about the Annunciation, this scene between the angel Gabriel and Mary, we think of the faith it took for her to believe that she would conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit and that her son, the illegitimate child of an insignificant girl, really...
02219 – A Friend Who Cares
When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can...
01285 – Voting is Public Transport
Time to remember the best voting advice I've ever heard: Voting isn't marriage...it's public transport. You are not waiting for "the one" who is absolutely perfect. You are getting the bus. And if there isn't one going exactly to your destination, you don't stay home...
00181 – Value of Good Example
A good example has twice the value of good advice.
00175 – Insulting the Poor
To recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
00133 – Our Souls Want to be Witnessed
Here’s the deal. The human soul doesn’t want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed—to be seen, heard and companioned exactly as it is.