Meditations on "Acceptance"

We all need hope. Today we are affirming the hope within us that what has been impossible for us to do on our own becomes possible when we reach out for help to a power greater than ourselves.

After all the hype and preparation for Christmas, especially during this very strange year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we return now to ordinary days.

Christmas -- it really happened! God came to our planet.

In 1969, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced what became known as the “five stages of grief.

Being a “dry drunk” is a term used to describe a person whose actions and attitudes are pretty much the same as when they were drinking.

To be reconciled with someone who has wronged us is difficult.

After years of listening to other’s harsh and condemning words about us, it’s wonderful to have an opportunity to experience the affirmation of God and to be reminded that as we walk with Him, He is pleased with us.

Jealousy is a negative and damaging emotion. It’s the feeling we have when something we believe should be ours is given to someone else.

A humble life is grounded in a realistic view of ourselves.

In the Bible we read over and over again how Jesus was sensitive to people and what they were going through.

Each day we make judgment calls about what to do or do not do.

Jesus was often challenged by the self-righteous actions of some of the religious leaders who saw themselves as guardians of God’s law.