About ten years ago I was encouraged by a friend to apply for a new program being offered through our church’s regional office, a spiritual direction training class. It was to be a three-year program. I applied, along with her. She was selected for the class; I was...
I shared this with a believer who expressed fawning adoration of several of her spiritual role models. “God has no grandchildren.” There is no such thing as being “grandfathered” in to the Kingdom of God. Each person is adopted as a child and...
Procrastinator’s hope: “The nice thing about things that are urgent is that if you wait long enough they aren’t urgent anymore.” Amos Tversky, psychologist It is interesting how, when life goes off the rails, one can completely disengage from...
Several people attempted to convince me of the value of the Enneagram in counseling 20 years ago. I wanted nothing to do with it. A spiritual friend I see occasionally lives and breathes its principles. For years I had heard nothing about it from anyone, with...
Life today is so much more peaceful, calm, and joy-filled than it was a year ago and in the 4 years prior to that. So many life changes converged in that season of my life, from the time of the start of our home addition and my Father’s death in 2013 to the end...
Wisdom from Sean Dietrich in his social media blog post for January 1, 2018: “This year, it’s okay not to achieve your dreams. It’s okay to come in last place. There is no exit exam for life. No gradebook……….Some people are made for...
