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It is easy to get frustrated with your 9 to 5 job. We all do. We may feel unappreciated. Or underpaid. We may see people get promoted who aren’t as qualified as we are. The professional world is not always a fair place. But our frustration is for naught. It doesn’t matter whether your employer…

Have you ever noticed that people’s worst problems typically are fixable? Recently, I met a friend for lunch. We get together every so often, and for as long as I can remember, she has always been broke. Her unstable financial situation is stressful for her. You can see it in her face. What is illogical…

Many of us are worriers. I am. I can fret about anything.   My worry habit comes from having spent large parts of my life dealing with people who were unpredictable (Unpredictable in a bad way. Not in the “I am going to throw Meerabelle a surprise party” fun kind of way.) As a result, over…

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” – Matthew 25:39 The quote above is taken from the Gospel of Matthew, when Jesus is praying in the…

Today we celebrated Maundy Thursday. The word “Maundy” comes from the Latin term “mandatum” meaning to command. So Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus’ mandate to the disciples after he washed their feet during the last supper. “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have…

I’ve lived almost a half-century on this earth, and it is only now that I truly am becoming the person God created me to be. I don’t think that I am alone. It takes time to become your unique self. It doesn’t happen overnight. The problem is that we spend large parts of our lives…

Many of us live our lives on auto-pilot. We follow the same schedule each day. We respond to crises as they occur. And we sort of putter along, year after year, with no goals or grand purpose. The problem is that at a certain point, the years have slipped by, and we wonder where the…

We live in what can be a very aggressive world. Drivers honk their horns and yell at other drivers. People shout and carry on about politics. And, in the name of religion, misguided people commit all kinds of atrocities. Our political discourse even promotes aggression. In the U.S., we are told that we need to…

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’…

Most of our relationship problems occur because we pay too much attention to other people. We are unduly concerned with what others are saying or doing. And if they aren’t saying or doing exactly what we would like them to say or do, we get mad at them. We just can’t let people be. We…
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