Tag: trust

What do you see in others?

October 2, 2006 | 4 comments

When being trained as a speaker for public audiences, I had a coach who never pointed out my faults when I rehearsed. She always focused on what I did well and encouraged me to do better. I was distressed about

You already have it

September 21, 2006 | 1 comment

Have you ever worried about not having enough,–enough money, enough company, enough understanding, or enough patience? Fear not. God knows what you need before you ask him, Jesus reminded his followers. And He supplies the need in abundance. But not

Hanging out on a limb?

August 30, 2006 | No comments yet

A man tripped and fell off a cliff. Tumbling over the edge and plunging to certain death he grabbed hold of a shrubby bush sticking out of the rock. Dangling in space and filled with terror, he called out to

Relax

August 17, 2006 | 1 comment

While working on improving my tennis serve, my coach told me to relax. I was too tense, he said, causing me to make many errors. He was right. I quickly saw that I needed to loosen up. When tense, my

More on car collision

August 4, 2006 | No comments yet

Remember my car collision story last week? Elaine Lang, from Thousand Oaks, CA, sent me an email I think you’ll find revelatory. With her permission, I’ve posted it below. As it turned out, on the car trip I was on,