Guidance can come from so many different sources. Therefore, we have to be open to hearing God’s message to us – in whatever way it comes. It doesn’t always come directly from a book, It doesn’t always come from within. It just shows up in all sorts of manifestations, if we are open to receiving […]
What Do I Know About What Happens?
My friend Bob tells the story of the Chinaman who lived as a sharecropping farmer. He had one horse, which in his town, made him a bit wealthier than his neighbors. But still almost all of what he grew went to the landlord. He and his one son tilled the earth day after day. One […]
Maybe You’re Enabling When You Think You’re Helping
There’s a difference between helping someone and enabling someone. I had to learn the hard way about this difference. I was always taught to try to help people. It never occurred to me that not sometimes when I think I’m being helpful, I’m actually harming them. I had the hard experience of trying to […]
How To Overcome Former Limiting Beliefs
Why do I seem to limit what I believe God can do? I know I have a lot of old ideas in my mind. And despite all that I have seen God accomplish through me, I doubt God’s ability to do even more. And it seems to defy logic – wouldn’t I see one miracle […]
The Damage of Ghosting vs. Mature Closure
There wasn’t even a word for it back in the olden days. This concept of “Ghosting” someone – the term which exists now, is when you stop communicating with someone, but don’t let them know why. Back in my early years, that was my modus operandi. I just didn’t want to deal with having to […]
The Ways Our Desire Makes Us Suffer
The Buddha used to teach that when we desire something and cannot attain it, it makes us suffer. I can relate to this because of when I suffered from infertility. I was unable to conceive and carry a child to term for about 5 years. And every month, I would cry out to God, “why […]
Struggling with Faith and Belief
I struggle with believing and having faith in a Higher Power. I know that may be surprising – I’m a clergy person. Aren’t I supposed to have faith? Aren’t I supposed to believe in God and it should never waver? Thankfully, I have a congregation that gives me the space to question my belief in […]
The Value of Withholding Judgment…Until further Information is Given
Years ago, I received a letter from the IRS informing me that my accountant made an error on my prior year’s taxes and I needed to pay $10,000. I don’t have to tell you, that was a sobering moment. I panicked, and then I called my accountant. We found the error and began the process […]
When Integrity Dies A Slow Death…And how you can come back from it
Integrity was never something I thought I had to have. Integrity sounded like a good thing, but I didn’t think it had to apply to me. It never occurred to me that I lack integrity. Heck, I hardly knew what the word meant. But without integrity, it’s hard to get around in the world. Integrity […]