As we remember sacrifice for freedom this week, I thought I could do no better than offer you this 20-minute discussion between singer/activist Bono and pastor/scholar Eugene Peterson. I have known many soldiers, as well as others, who cling to the Psalms during hard times. Dr. Peterson and Bono talk about their gradual friendship and how…
For a long time I wondered about my inability to get numerous tasks accomplished on the first try. Of course, most people occasionally experience Murphy’s Law–“if anything can go wrong, it will go wrong.” But statistically, I am a champion of start-overs and second attempts. In fact, it takes me longer to get out of…
I have heard three stories recently of mothers who verbally told their children they wished they hadn’t been born. “Ouch!” for such wounded ones on Mother’s Day. I have friends who, because their moms passed away while they were young, grew up in homes of relatives. Other friends lived with mothers of mental illnesses, alcoholism, and…