As We Forgive Them 

As We Forgive Them 

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.  In the prayer example Jesus offered, He included this as a request we should state:  “And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.”  Matthew 6:12  He...
Alone. Silent. In Awe.

Alone. Silent. In Awe.

From the book Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. If you have lost the value of alone time, of prayer, of quiet time with God, of noisy songs of praise, of silent reverence, of desperate petitions, pray that your Leader will teach...
A Collection of Questions

A Collection of Questions

From various chapters in Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. What about you? Do you feel like you don’t fit very well? Have you been wounded recently? Are there hurts from your past which seem to stay alive and breathing? Have you...
Celebrate

Celebrate

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces.  How can we leave a legacy which includes a few laughs? Well, let’s not force it or mimic how someone else does it. Let joy be an inner reality not like happiness coming from external...
grief

grief

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. What situations have caused you grief? What is your initial response? If you often hold too tightly to those who have left, what do you think is the reason? What steps would you recommend to...
Start Where You Are

Start Where You Are

From Equilibrium: 31 Ways to Stay Balanced on Life’s Uneven Surfaces. Our information is shelled with statistics. Our schedules are crammed with goals. Our meetings are overloaded with the pursuit. What if we stop the race, just for a moment? What if we cease...