Giving Thanks by Mental Subtraction

Giving Thanks by Mental Subtraction

Spiritual Tools for Caregivers (and other people too!) What if? Have you ever arrived at gratitude via the side door or perhaps the back door? Here’s what I mean. As Christopher Peterson articulates, “It may matter whether we think about the good things in our lives...
Survivor Tree Reflections

Survivor Tree Reflections

Spiritual Tools for Caregivers (and other people too!) On April 19, 1995, I was on the phone with a college bookstore in California when our office building shook and some of the windows blew out. I was working in downtown Oklahoma City. During those first days and...
A Prayer for the Caregiver

A Prayer for the Caregiver

Spiritual Tools for Caregivers (and other people too) November is National Family Caregivers Month Unknown and often unnoticed, you are a hero nonetheless. For your love, sacrificial, is God at his best. You walk by faith in the darkness of the great unknown, And your...
Enough

Enough

Spiritual Tools for Caregivers (and other people too!) Today, you have enough. Enough love, enough energy, enough courage to get to the end of the day and manage everything that comes your way, at least for today. The Bible tells of the Israelites in the wilderness...
10 Things to Try When In Doubt

10 Things to Try When In Doubt

Transcending Adversity When life gets fuzzy and decisions are elusive, or hope and joy go absent altogether, consider these 10 moves: 1. Read or listen. Find someone who guides people through your type of struggle. You’re likely to glean at least one good idea....