What to do When Life Seems Out of Control
With all that’s going on in the world today it’s easy to start feeling that things are simply out of control and that we are living in chaos. Well, there’s good news and bad news on that front.
Perspective Matters
I spent some time on the beach the other day, soaking in the last rays of summer. I noticed a plane soaring through the cloudless, azure sky. I watched as it got smaller and smaller before completely disappearing into the blue. I thought about the fact that at that...
Stop Looking For Nice People
I’ll never forget my seventh grade English teacher. Ok, I’ll admit, I forgot her name, but I haven’t forgotten her. She was very strict, interesting, and adamantly opposed to any of us using the word “nice.” It was like a cause for her. And we’re not talking just in...
When a Vacation with Family is Anything but a Vacation…
I remember a session with a client who had recounted a horrifying “vacation” with family. Dealing with her over-controlling mother, tension with the stepfather and a fussy baby had transformed a one week vacation into 3 weeks of purgatory. I was really able to relate....
Intentions or Prayers? Or Both?
“Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 Intentions, by definition, are: the things that you plan to...
Boundaries: Guarding Your Heart
When it comes to boundaries it’s a simple concept: Boundaries are like fences that help us keep the good in our lives and the bad out. They help to keep us safe in our relationships.
A Year’s Supply of Eskimo Pies
Remember the consolation prize? You picked the wrong door on Let’s Make a Deal and instead of a new car or an all expense paid trip to Hawaii you got a year’s supply of Eskimo pies or Rice-a-Roni – the San Francisco treat. Always made me wonder how...
The “To-Don’t” List
Ah, it’s a new year and time to set our resolutions of all the good things we would like to do and all the bad things we would like to stop doing. But New Year’s resolutions have become almost cliché. So many jokes are made about giving up on those resolutions by the...
Dealing With Turkeys – At The Table….
Let’s face it…this “season of joy” is often a season of stress, angst and irritation. Families can be wonderful but there’s usually one or two that challenge even the most Christian among us. Here are some tips: First, think about last year and how did the holidays...
Dear God, Why?
On a philosophical and spiritual level, asking “why” gives space for God to answer.
