Those who choose, even on a small scale, to love in the midst of hatred and fear are the people who offer true hope to our world.
02376 – Choose to Offer True Hope
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02374 – Anything…Teaching You…
Anything that annoys you is teaching you patience.Anyone who abandons you is teaching you how to stand up on your own two feet.Anything that angers you is teaching you forgiveness and compassion.Anything that has power over you is teaching you how to take your power...
01704 – Living Carefully before You Die
People who know they will die live very carefully. Not careful as in fearful; careful as in full of care. Every word, every act, every relationship holds the possibility of giving birth to something filled with great care. And that thing need not be showy or dramatic,...
01233 – Risk: A Journey into the Unknown
"To live without risk is to risk not living," my paternal grandmother used to say. The way of trust is risky business, no doubt about it. To change careers suddenly because one feels fulfilled, to assume the energy-depleting care of elderly parents, to retreat for...
00640 – But Now He was Dead
For at least some of the followers of Jesus, maybe the worst day was the third one, Sunday, which for the Jews was like our Monday, with everything around them returning so completely to normal that it was impossible to believe that either his life or his death was...
00501 – A Life of Unhurried Serenity
And we are unhappy, uneasy, strained, oppressed, and fearful we shall be shallow. For over the margins of life comes a whisper, a faint call, a premonition of richer living which we know we are passing by. Strained by the very mad pace of our daily outer burdens, we...