Beatitudes Blog
Acceptance Amid the Unacceptable: A Meditation on Serenity and Justice
You can accept things as they are and do your part for change too. Here’s a perspective on that.
How Billy Graham Reached Me….and Still Does
On my debt to Billy Graham.
From Helplessness To Hope After the Parkland School Shooting
Something you can do about the violence.
Humble Gratitude
How humility deepens gratitude and boosts hope in hard times.
Martyrdom: To Bear Witness by Loving
Martyrdom is more about a brave and beautiful life than a terrible death.
How I Will Celebrate the MLK Holiday
Let the spirit of nonviolence build you up.
Carefree Care
On worrying less and loving more freely.
Beyond Happiness: Moving Through Grief to Christmas Joy
Share with a grieving or lonely friend this Christmas season.
Silent Night, Holy Night of the Heart
Deep down, this is how you want to prepare for Christmas.
Loneliness Discovers Christmas Hope
For you or someone you care about who faces a lonely holiday season….
Airman Philip M. Jenkins: The Thing That Makes His Father Proud
On leadership, humility, and my love for my son.
Stop Distress Over Distress: Self-Respect in a World of Suffering
A caution about a common coping mechanism.
As a psychotherapist and spiritual director, I bring well-honed insight and skill to these posts; yet, my vulnerability plays a more important part, for more than advice from experts, serious people of faith need resonance with fellow travelers.
In my writing and in your reading and comments, may we face our challenges in God’s compassionate presence rather than in a private dressing room where we try in vain to make ourselves presentable to God at an appointed meeting. God meets us where we are.
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