Recovery Meditations

Many people who choose for life with God in recovery think they can live any way they want as long as they attend meetings, complete an honest set of steps, pray on occasion, and don't pick up.

Just for today I will be agreeable. I will not criticize, not find fault, and not try to improve or control anybody except myself.

This is the first Sunday of Advent. The word Advent means “Coming” and Advent is a season of the church year when many Christians observe a time of preparing for both the celebration of the birth of Christ at Christmas and the return of Christ at the Second Coming.

A mature person is productive and effective and, with the knowledge they have gained, they keep on improving their standing in the community while growing closer to God.

The hustle and bustle of Christmas shopping and related events is in full swing.

One day when Jesus was at a dinner party given by a religious leader an uninvited woman with a bad reputation in the community entered the room.

If someone were to choose 3 words to describe us, would generous be one of them?

Addiction is a disease of isolation. That’s not news to those of us who have spent time there.

Our lives in addiction were often shaped by characteristics of impatience and selfishness.

Weather changes. The days grow shorter. Many of us are challenged to live well in the middle of these darker days.

One of the faulty measures people often use for determining the success of a person is how much money they have made.

Many people believe that freedom to act as they choose gives them the opportunity to have control over their own lives.