I’m a great believer in grace, because I’ve experienced it in large doses. There was a time when I made terrible choices and wandered around in a dark haze of my own making. That’s when I was saved by grace and I’m always grateful for it. Grace catches us unawares and fills us with delight. It also calls us to live with joy and gratitude. Grace and Delight The God we worship is too often a God of judgement. We perceive that He is ever ready to strike us when we step out of line. That is why, I often…
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Stig Dagerman, the Swedish writer and journalist said that the human need for comfort is insatiable. But there’s a void because many of us don’t know how to comfort another. The art of giving support to those who are suffering or grieving may not seem easy and yet we must all learn how to do this. Creating Comfort Comfort starts from understanding and the genuine desire to connect to others. Understanding and empathy is what those who are grieving or are in pain most desire. Sometimes, all we to do is show up and display ordinary kindness. I’d like to…
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Do you compromise yourself? That’s the question I ask myself ever so often. I ask myself other questions too. Like : What do you want to do in life? What do you want to achieve? What do you want to be know for? What do you want to work on in the days ahead? What projects do you want to lend your energy to? As I wonder about all of these, I usually get the same answer. It’s the words of Alan Cohen, I read a while back: ‘Be who you are. Be more of who you are. Be all…