My son had been moved to a hospital room after surgery. He had only hours before undergoing a complicated procedure in which he had a...

Three short sentences have the capacity to break down relational barriers and push aside relational obstacles. They can help us remember...

Guilt grows out of healthy shame, and healthy shame allows me to acknowledge neediness, experience humility, identify limitations, admit...

We are born with six freedoms: I have the freedom to see what I see. I have the freedom to feel what I feel. I have the freedom to need...

One early morning, I was listening to music on low volume as a backdrop for doing the morning ritual of prayer/meditation/reading, what...

Knowledge is not enough to give us the lives we are created to experience. Of course, education, research, exploration, invention,...

A long time friend of mine who is a copyright attorney and agent that has been representing music artists for three decades explained to...

Courage means full-hearted participation. Have you ever become discouraged, or lost heart, attempted to withdraw yourself from caring or...

I want to share something about Christmas. Before I do, however, I want to state that I have seen enough, experienced enough, learned...

In the fall of 2008 my youngest son went to an orthopedic surgeon seeking some answers to recurring lower back pain. At the time, he was...

We have been given three paradoxical steps to set a foundation for a successful life. By successful, I refer to the internal sense of...

The disciples asked Jesus who was the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. To answer the disciples, Jesus called a little child to stand...

Life is hard. Love hurts. Life humbles us, and love brings pain. Anyone I have known who lives well amidst the difficulties of life, has...

Healthy shame is the feeling that brings us into relationship with our own limitations and neediness because it makes us conscious of our...

Rage is a deeply impaired experience of fear, a fear that a person cannot and/or will not tolerate. Rage is a closed fist to ward off or...

Anxiety takes us away from what is true and makes us fretful, distrustful, impulsive, and controlling. In anxiety we rob ourselves of...

Chores often get thrown into the category of worthless things one does to get to all the things that we want to do. They, indeed, are the...

Last week, Sonya and I got to go to Ponte Vedra beach for a week. The beach was deserted, with the time of year and the offseason. I was...

I believe very much that we need to push ourselves. We need to be able to take the next step, work hard, find out that we can persevere...

Tigers do not pretend that they are something other than tigers. When I have watched them walk about, they seem very content to be...