Forgiveness: Beginning Again

Forgiveness isn't pretending nothing has happened, or pretending that what happened didn't hurt. It isn't even forgetting it completely, and ...

A Losing Race

Technology is so far ahead of human relations! As for the latter, we are still in the Stone Age. Why do we human beings learn so much, so soon, about ...

Shared Fear Makes Friends

Tell people what you're afraid of, and you make them your allies.

The Act That Saved Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball. While breaking baseball's "color barrier," he faced jeering crowds in ...

What You Know About Everyone You Meet

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.

The Nicest Garbage Man

We have the nicest garbage man.

He empties out our garbage can.

He's just as nice as he can be.

He always stops and talks to me.

My mother doesn't ...

A Friend to Hold On To

Shortly after my miscarriage, I met up with a friend I hadn't seen for several weeks. She pulled me into her arms and whispered, "I'm so ...

No Substitute for Friends

There is no substitute for flesh-and-blood friends if we are to understand ourselves and grow in communion with God.

Loving God Isn't Simple

When I was a kid in Sunday school, I had to memorize some of those nasty little verses in 1 John. Those verses say, "If a man says he loves God and ...

"Welcome Time" Instructions

"Now, while the instruments play, please shake hands with two people who aren't in your clique."