I often feel incompetent. I stand in awe of the rapid changes in the world around me and question my ability to keep up and stay relevant. There is a recurring temptation to compare myself to others who are experiencing… Continue reading

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Ah, the failures that come to us in the unguarded moment!  In the middle of a good and productive day, I allowed my temper to rise. I spoke in anger as passion eclipsed reason for a few moments!  Does it… Continue reading

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The desire just kept returning. Each thought made it seem sweeter. I wanted it. NO, I needed it.  YES, I was going to …  Then, I reminded myself that the desire was an expression of my longing for comfort in… Continue reading

Don Piper was declared dead by paramedics after a terrible auto accident. His body lay in the wreckage of the car, covered with a tarp. He says that he was walking towards a beautiful gate, one that pulsed with light.… Continue reading

  He was a healthy infant whose top teeth grew in before his bottom ones. The village elders claimed it was a sign that he was mingi (cursed) so they took the child to the middle of the river and… Continue reading

Hans Christian Andersen’s fable, The Princess and the Pea, tells of a pretty girl who claimed to be a princess. To test her claim, the Queen put a single dry pea on the bed frame and then placed twenty mattresses… Continue reading

Sin had brought pain and confusion. Her mind was spinning with indecision. “I’m living in a nightmare” she sobbed, and rightly so, for none of her apparent options were good. Her tears were born out of despair. One response could… Continue reading