Tag: freedom

The vital importance of forgiveness

September 9, 2011 | 6 comments

  Sometimes people have a hard time forgiving another who did them harm because they believe that forgiving them somehow overlooks the crime and pretends like it never happened.  This is not true.  Forgiveness is never approval of an evil.  Forgiveness does not

Freedom and self-control

July 4, 2011 | 3 comments

“Freedom requires self-control,” is a quote my wife read somewhere recently. So, true, so true… Think of all the liberties taken from us because people do not exercise self-control. Being the traveler that I am, airport security is the first

When in the tomb

May 23, 2011 | 6 comments

Have you ever felt imprisoned in a tomb? I’m not thinking of a cave in rock, but of a mental place, perhaps one of hopelessness, despair, poverty, addiction, debt, conflict, disease, sin and any other type of mortal darkness and

Lecture in Federal Medical Center

May 4, 2011 | 4 comments

Last week, I had the privilege of speaking in a Federal Prison, a medical center near Fort Worth, TX, for women prisoners who need special medical attention. We were delayed through security, but managed to enter the lecture room right