This is the first and great commandment. Do you care? Does it matter in the big picture of your life? What does it say we have to do? 1.) ”Love the Lord your God with all your heart.” What is the character of those who love with their heart, who have given their...
Since what I post has pretty well been dismissed, marginalized and censored by social media’s Big Brothers on Facebook and Twitter, I feel no risk in saying what I think. So here goes….. I wrote a group of television public service announcements one time...
Dr. Sandra Richter, in her “Epic of Eden” book and study, offers a metaphorical image that sets the stage for studying the Old Testament as a whole. She used the image of a someone falling off of a mountaintop, landing at the bottom of the mountain, broken and unable...
I have referenced before educator Dr. Ruby K. Payne and her book, Bridges Out of Poverty, that helped me so much to understand the hidden rules associated with the three broad socio-economic classes. Another book of hers, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, was...
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...
Rubye Payne began training educators on the “hidden rules of classes” in her 2001 book, Bridges Out of Poverty.” As one considers these generalizations regarding socioeconomic differences about use of money, relationships, work, recreation, and more,...
