Safety and the unknown
December 14, 2006 | No comments yet
Sent to me by a reader… In her classic poem “The Gate of the Year,” the poetess M. Louise Haskins penned the lines: And I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year:“Give me a light,
Complaint or praise?
December 14, 2006 | 2 comments
A young man decided to become a monk in a religious order that allowed monks to speak only two words every two years. After his first two years of training, the young monk was invited by his superior to
Benefits of kindness
December 13, 2006 | 1 comment
I have wept in the night For the shortness of sight That to somebody’s need made me blind; But I never have yet Felt a tinge of regret For being a little too kind. ~ Anonymous, quoted by Richard
Ego
December 13, 2006 | No comments yet
Egobotomy. Have you ever heard the word before? Not me. In fact, it isn’t listed in my dictionary. But my hair cutter used it very creatively today in describing how she prayed to God for release from self-will. “Not my
God as a first resort
December 12, 2006 | 3 comments
This weekend it hit me how foreign the concept of turning to God first in times of emergency is for many people. I was filling out a medical release form to allow our daughter to attend a trip away from