Meditations on "Acceptance"

How do we feel when people who should recognize us don’t?

A one-hundred-dollar bill, whether it is in prime condition or is crumpled and dirty, is still worth what the creator of the bill has determined.

Some of us may have awakened this morning to the fact that our lives are unmanageable and that we are powerless over our addictive behaviour.

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

Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return.

Why do we celebrate Christmas? Why not just settle for a winter holiday of Santa and snow and parties and gifts?

A humble life is grounded in a realistic view of ourselves.

Step Two: Came to believe that a power greater that ourselves could restore us to sanity.

A few years ago a colleague and I had the privilege of visiting Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.

Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.

Once we’ve admitted to God what’s wrong, why must we share these details with someone else?

O God, insolent people rise up against me; a violent gang is trying to kill me.