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Change: The Two Vital Steps to Lasting Change
By
smcswain
Change. Sooner or later, everyone wants to change something. We begin each new year resolving to make changes… In our relationships; In our priorities; In our health; In our personal fitness; In our eating habits; In our ambitions; In our careers; Even in our beliefs. Within weeks, however, many of the changes we set out…
Change Yourself and You Change the World…
By
smcswain
I just witnessed the most remarkable display of ingenuity, creativity, and organization I’ve seen in a long time. I just got off the shuttle bus at the LAX airport in LA, after a short ride from the Hilton Hotel. The bus driver, who doubled as a baggage handler, managed to board 25 passengers, arrange their luggage…
A Fish with Arms? What the…?
By
smcswain
“The instant fish accept that they will never have arms, they grow fins.” That’s the wisdom with which Mark Nepo begins his thought for today in The Book of Awakening. And, it is a thought that captures my imagination. It is true, isn’t it, that you and I cannot become until we accept what we are…
Sinner’s in the Hands of an Angry God!
By
smcswain
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God!” Yes, that WAS the title of a sermon given by Jonathan Edwards in the 18th century. The title has changed over the years; the message has remained the same. You are a sinner. To be a sinner is bad. Jesus suffered God’s anger so your sins could…
Going Within…Changing Your World!
By
smcswain
Nepo says that when he was young he talked fast and loud. Sometimes, I still do. What he did not realize until much later in life is that “I kept talking faster and louder to the world around me because I couldn’t hear the world within me.” A profound sutra. When I read those words,…
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