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It’s Important to Let a Wound Heal.
Morning Meditation: Revenge
My parents were convinced I’d be the only high school graduate still riding a bicycle with training wheels. I really could not master that skill. We lived on farmland in Roxboro, NC and paved driveways were not a ...
“His Majesty” and Seeking Revenge
Morning Meditation: Revenge
I could bank on my phone ringing about 8:30 am 3x a week as a colleague friend of mine was in the middle of a huge mess with a toxic employee. They were trying to figure out how to terminate the staff person because ...
Are They Just Words Or Do We Mean Them?
Morning Meditation: Revenge
Unfortunately, unfairness and injustice exist in all facets of life.
In fact, today is a day set aside to honor the life of an individual who created a platform to fight injustice and inequality in America.
Dr. ...
Empathy Always Changes the Score
Morning Meditation: Empathy
It was supposed to be a nice dinner: good people (they all went to the same church), good conversation. No drama.
But before the evening could be called a success, an uninvited guest arrived.
Her reputation ...
The Best First Aid For Bad Relationships
Morning Meditation: Empathy
Is empathy.
“Why are they acting this way?”
That - the willingness to ask that question, to think through the “why” - that is empathy.
And it is crucial to the well-being of human relationships.
Empathy helps us ...
Getting Even Is Not the Answer.
Morning Meditation: Empathy
Flash forward three years (from yesterday’s meditation) . . . ninth grade. Spring dance.
The boy I’d had the HUGEST crush on asked me to be his date to the spring dance. Never mind that my parents didn’t allow ...
Sometimes Life Feels Like the 6th Grade Playground.
Morning Meditation: Empathy
It was the weirdest thing. We were inseparable. Sixth-grade BFF's that did everything together. Back in the dark ages, sixth grade was still a part of elementary school so the three of us, we were “it” - the “in ...
What If Separation Anxiety is Actually a Good Thing?
Advent Meditations "Obedience"
A few weeks ago Tom was out of town for a few days. Because Axel had “attached” to both of us, I didn’t think it would be a huge deal. Because he does suffer from separation anxiety, on the days I’d be at the ...
What are we willing to obey?
Advent Meditations "Obedience"
Sunday in both services, online and in-person, Axel, our German Shepherd, was "live." I brought him to online worship so that the online folks could meet him and I figured "why not use the same example in person? ...
The Easy Way Out is NOT the Best Way Out!
Advent Meditations "Forgiveness"
We’ve all done it, right?
Take the easy way out of something?
People are going to hurt us, disappoint us, frustrate us. Period.
We would not be human if we didn’t encounter some negative thoughts and ...
Keeping Score Requires Watching Both Teams
Advent Meditations "Forgiveness"
What would it be like to go to a ballgame and be the “official score keeper” but you only watch one team?
Imagine, let’s say a football game . . . the opposing/visiting team scores a touchdown but no score ...
Do people want to go out to eat with you?
Advent Meditations "Forgiveness"
Years ago, I served on a very large staff, and one thing we’d do to build community would be to go out to eat together every week after a staff meeting.
Off we’d go, sporting our church staff apparel.
The ...
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