Meditations on "Surrender"

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus.

One of the most remarkable aspects of the 12-Step movement founded by Alcoholics Anonymous is the emphasis on ordinary people – even broken and pretty much washed-up folks.

At one time or another all of us have surrendered to peer pressure.

Thinking and acting on our own self-centered thoughts often results in confusion and grief.

The Serenity Prayer is the common name for a prayer authored by the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr.

God's kingdom runs on the laws of love and peace. It really does!

This new life we have been given begins each new day.

Asking God to remove all our defects of character is actually giving Him permission to expose and remove those things that are hindering our ability to live life to the full.

The Big Book of AA describes the significance of our problem with self-centeredness in this way: "There often seems no way of entirely getting rid of self without His [God's] aid.

“Principles before personalities” is one of those sayings we hear at Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

When we think of God, how do we imagine Him to be?

Do I matter? Does anyone notice me? Does anyone care?