Those two words, “Jesus wept” are the the words of the shortest verse in the Bible.The passage is in John 9. He wept because His friend had died and the man’s woman friends were showing heart broken grief. When I was in a clinical, suicidal depression back in 1986 I often wept. In my recovery … More Jesus Wept
One of most damning things that I am still dealing with from my boyhood is my belief that if I tried hard enough I could win my mom’s affection. I endlessly tried to please her. My efforts to please her created a problem for her. She needed to be angry with me. When I was … More Big Fear
1 Someone said “Resentment is poison I take to hurt you” 2 I deeply resented that my Dad used my 22 caliber riffle to kill himself. I was 15 at the time 3 I have sometimes shared at my Al-Anon meetings about how I dealt with my resentment over my dad’s suicide, inevitably during the … More Anger
This Pandemic is wearing me out. That is part of my exhaustion but some of it is due to the fact I am 82 years old, More is due to me staying up well past midnight watching documentaries because I so enjoy learning things. Last night I watched one on cats. Fantastic !! Another factor … More I Am So Tired
One of my adult kids and I have a shattered relationship. When I consider how and why that happened I notice one thing. All my personal research into how my broken relation with her began I consistently conclude’ “It wasn’t my fault”. I understand why I do not easily accept responsibility for my tragic situation. … More Blame
I like to treat myself at a particular juice bar smoothie store here i.n Long Beach California. A few years ago I had the chance to talk with the owner of this smoothy store for a few minutes. I found out that I had been going to her smoothie bar for just one year less … More Getting Through This Together
Of course God wants us to have faith in Him/Her. But the faith I am lacking is not so much faith in God. My faith in God has steadily increased in the many decades I have been following Jesus Christ. However, there is another category of faith I believe God wants me to emphasize now. … More The Faith God Wants
To the title above, I need to add you are a good person too . It is common to people raised in this sick culture to be far more likely to assume the worst about ourselves than we are likely to see the wondrous truth about ourselves. I believe that from the creation story in … More I Am A Good Man
Jesus did not call us martyrdom of the cross when he told us to take up our cross and follow him. We know that it was not the cross we called to but instead to our own personal the resurrection. We can see we are called to our own personnel resurrection and not to the … More The Cross Or Resurrection
I don’t think most of you know that God has a four letter word. The word is WAIT! Years ago I ran with a group of maybe fifteen of us that ran around together. Most of the time it included my daughters. Once we played a game where we went around the circle telling the … More God’s Four Letter Word
