Category: peace

Meaning of Christmas

December 24, 2006 | 1 comment

A woman called yesterday and agonized, “I don’t get it. What is this Christmas thing all about? The endless gift-giving, the eating, the indulging, the commercialism, the running around and getting stressed out, the people who are left out…and what

Love facing down autism

December 22, 2006 | 3 comments

Daily, I witness spiritual healings that never reach the public ear. Yesterday, one patient so eloquently articulated a touching experience she had as a school teacher, that I asked her if I could share it with you. She agreed. She

Peace and hope

December 21, 2006 | No comments yet

“Never forget that God is able to lift you from fatigue of despair to the buoyancy of hope, and transform dark and desolate valleys into sunlit paths of inner peace.” ~ Martin Luther King

Healing power of listening

December 19, 2006 | No comments yet

  “With the gift of listening comes the gift of healing.” ~ Catherine de Hueck In an often quoted old nursery rhyme, William Edward Norris wrote: “If your lips would keep from slips, five things observe with care: To whom

Anonymous giving

December 10, 2006 | 5 comments

While paying bills last night, I made a couple of charitable donations to local missions and food banks that feed the homeless and care for the less fortunate. As I wrote the checks, I felt great joy well within for