Tag: humility

Choose gentleness

September 14, 2021 | 15 comments

I choose gentleness… Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand,

A remedy for polarization

September 2, 2021 | 34 comments

Polarization seems to be running rampant in the United States these days. Voters get divided into the red and the blue, the liberal and the conservative, the vaccinated and the unvaccinated. In praying for a way out of feeling polarized,

Conquer discouragement by conquering will

July 22, 2021 | 31 comments

I picked up this thought from a patient who heard it spoken on a recent Christian Science Sentinel broadcast: “Discouragement is disappointed will.” Mortal mind gets discouraged when it doesn’t get its way, which is always some type of preconceived