Can Hope be False?
Ancient wisdom says that “Three things will last forever–faith, hope, and love–and the greatest of these is love.” I’ve become fixated on these three for about a month now. It […]
Ancient wisdom says that “Three things will last forever–faith, hope, and love–and the greatest of these is love.” I’ve become fixated on these three for about a month now. It […]
This is my second installment on hope. It’s actually something I wrote about 15 years ago. It was during a unique period of my life and something I thought worth […]
“The supreme happiness of this life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves-say rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” Victor Hugo, Les Miserables “It is not good […]
Jacob was renamed Israel, meaning wrestled with God. That particular passage has always left me wondering. I suppose I was confused by the point of the story. What was the […]
It has been both disturbing and intriguing to discover how often “Christianity” cripples people. I have been amazed over the years as a therapist to sit across from someone whose […]
When I was young my mom made dill flavored pretzels and bought a cheese cake. Not with the intention of eating them together but they were both in the house […]
I guess that it really isn’t just Christians that have a tough time grieving, but it seems we have very unique and powerful ways of avoiding grief in our lives. […]
In the movie Second Hand Lions, one of the main characters, Hub, gives a young boy part of his “becoming a man” speech: “ Sometimes the things that may or […]
The difficult part of life is that there are at least equal amounts of losses and gains. We start out this life being inundated with gains. Every year of our […]