Category: relationships

True north

February 20, 2006 | No comments yet

Explorers traveling through thick jungles and over high mountains prevent themselves from getting lost by keeping their path squared with true north. Navigators over open seas read the stars and watch their compass to steer their ships on course. We

Dealing with mean people

February 17, 2006 | No comments yet

I was asked, “When we die, do we have to deal with mean people who passed on before us?” I replied, “God didn’t create mean people. The troubles mean people give us are not so much from the person we

The most important things

February 14, 2006 | No comments yet

I talked to an audience of adults about valuing the most important things in life. I asked the question, “When you turn 95 and look back over previous decades, what accomplishments will be most important to you? The money you

A reply to loneliness

January 31, 2006 | No comments yet

A “love-letter” to a widow who was feeling very lonely. Dear Helen, I love you! I love you in the morning. I love you in the evening. I love you when you go to work. I love you when you

Helping others has its reward

January 24, 2006 | No comments yet

John Macartney was skiing down Crystal Mountain in Washington State when he saw two legs sticking out of the snow near a tree off to the side of the ski run. He knew that when a skier falls into a