Meditations on "Surrender"

One of our first priorities in recovery is sorting life according to the truth.

Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.

This is the day the Lord has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

God’s attention and artistic skill did not end the day we were born.

Growing up I remember hearing the cute Christmas song, “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, see my two front teeth!

Step Two: We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

Step One: We ADMITTED that we were powerless over our dependencies, that our lives had become unmanageable.

Once a year in Vancouver in the two weeks leading up to Labour Day we have the PNE.

The Twelve Steps program is a spiritually based program of recovery for individuals seeking healing from a variety of addictive lifestyles.

I've been reflecting on "remembering" these days. My heart was touched with what King David wrote when he focused on the fact that God remembered him with loving-kindness because God was good.

Humility asks God for help when we are confused or unable to handle the events of our lives.

When God wanted to give people a very simple summary of how life was meant to be lived he said this: O people, the Lord has told you what is good, and this is what he requires of you: to do what is right, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.