Meditations on ""

Many of us choose to rely on our own understanding of how life works and what is best for us.

The twelfth promise of AA reads: “We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

I wonder what people said on the day that we were born.

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.