St. John Chrysostom said: "Happiness can only be achieved by looking inward and learning to enjoy whatever life has and this requires transforming greed into gratitude." I can't tell you…
Years ago, when I was a police office, I was doing police work in a small,North Georgia town where I was also going to college to get my undergraduate degree.…
"Life is pain." I love that movie! What, you don't know the movie "The Princess Bride?!" I weep for you! The whole quote is worth recalling: "Life is pain, Highness!…
"Hate" is such an ugly word. And yet I use it all too often. "I hate this traffic." "I hate coconut!" ( I really don't like coconut. I think it's…
There's an old chorus our youth group liked to sing during youth meetings called "Lift Him Up." It goes something like this: "Lift Him Up, Lift Him Up, Lift the…
As we come to another infamous anniversary of September 11th, the perennial struggle with "purpose" comes to my mind. I was having a conversation the other day with a dear,…
The famous author J.K. Rowling once said: "I'm interested in that drive, that rush to judgment, that is so prevalent in our society. We all know that pleasurable rush that…
The ancients kept the stories of their past alive through storytelling and through communal memory. It was just expected that a young person would memorize the tales of the tribe…
I suppose the whole world couldn't contain the poems, stories, and memories we children collect about our mothers. I know I owe much of my good qualities to the brave…
Have you ever thought about all those people Jesus healed during His ministry here on earth? They were so happy, grateful, and changed. In some cases (the illness of leprosy)…