Meditations on "Acceptance"

Being a “dry drunk” is a term used to describe a person whose current actions and attitude remain the same as when they were drinking.

How far is the east from the west? It is a distance we can never travel and a destination we can never reach.

In the Bible we read that Jesus was repeatedly sensitive to people and what they were going through, and He reached out to them with mercy and compassion.

After years of listening to other’s harsh and condemning words about us, it’s wonderful to have an opportunity to experience the affirmation of God and to be reminded that as we walk with Him, He is pleased with us.

Too many of us carry a harsh picture of God and believe He looks for ways to be displeased with us.

A humble person is grounded in a realistic view of who they are.

When we confess the exact nature of our wrongs, the terrible isolation we've lived with for most of our lives will be exposed.

Life has its ups and downs and does not always treat us fairly.

We all need hope. Today we are affirming the hope within us that what has been impossible for us to do on our own becomes possible when we reach out for help to a power greater than ourselves.

After all the hype and preparation for Christmas, especially during this very strange year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we return now to ordinary days.

Christmas -- it really happened! God came to our planet.

In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced what became known as the “five stages of grief.