Category: fear

Feats of the daring

January 23, 2012 | 6 comments

Here’s a four-minute video compilation of athletes performing daring feats that give the viewer pause. There is not any direct spiritual message, but the eye-popping clips send an underlying message of what one can do when there is no fear

Don’t grow old

December 29, 2011 | 5 comments

When I was a teen or in my twenties, I didn’t think much about age.  It seemed quite irrelevant and unnecessary.  Now that a few decades have passed, the topic comes up more frequently in conversations with friends and neighbors,

Progress requires change

December 28, 2011 | 6 comments

I was discussing progress and change with a fellow church member recently, and we noted how some people fear change. These people typically have grown accustomed to a certain order and way of doing things over the years, and they

Resist aggressive promotion of disease

November 8, 2011 | 13 comments

The promotion of disease seems to be everywhere these days.     On my airline, the little napkins served with drinks were pink and all about breast cancer in October. One of my favorite cereal boxes suddenly turned pink. Pink

Safe haven of church work

March 23, 2011 | 4 comments

Every once in a while, a church worker will relay fears to me that serving as a Reader, a board member or in some other visible capacity in church, puts them in a dangerous position. They believe they become targets