In the world of family law, summer is a battleground. Parents jockey for position in an attempt to manipulate visitation…
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Does the “Beginning” Ever End?
One of the things “they” say after losing a child is that the second year is worse. No way. I…
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The Path of Hope is Muddy
Who hasn’t had to memorize “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening?” What 7th or 8th grader hasn’t had…
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Who wants to be the “King of Pain”?
There’s a little black spot on the sun today, that’s my soul up there It’s the same old thing as…
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When you’ve lost so much – how do you manage to be grateful?
My daddy was an ironic mash-up of 70’s flower child and Sicilian Catholic. In the 70’s and 80’s he had an annoying habit of preaching the gospel of “PMA.” For those of you who might have been subjected to this particular brand of torture in your own lives, you will recognize “PMA” as standing for “Positive Mental Attitude.” For every negative comment that Daddy caught us uttering, he would literally make us repeat the opposing positive statement out loud ten – TEN – times. You recognize the formula. It takes ten – TEN- positive thoughts/actions/comments to erase the energy created by just one negative thought/action/comment.
Why “Dances with a Limp?”
You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken. And the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly – that still hurts when the weather gets cold. But you learn to dance with the limp. – Anne Lamott
If you are looking for evidence of God’s sense of humor – you’ve landed in the right place. Had I lived in Biblical times, you likely would have had an easier time finding me at the well than in the synagogue. Frankly, there hasn’t been a less likely candidate to share the Word since Saul of Tarsus. And, there is where the comparison between the Apostle Paul and me ends.