Writings

  • Secret Pals

    The following is a lesson presented yesterday at Dayspring Church by my good friend Robin Acker.  I wanted to save this so that I could read it often.  Thank you Robin for such a thoughtful lesson! Secret Pals by Robin Acker Speaking on our topic today makes me think about when I was in school, when there…

  • Meditation on Fullness and Completion

    I believe that all of us desire to have feelings of emotional fullness and completion. Both are blissful states that we reach first through meditation and then through constant awareness that we are full and complete. Fullness I describe fullness as those moments you when you understand that, “It can’t get any better than this!” It’s those moments of transcendence when…

  • A Different Universe

    The following was written by Dr. Henry Cloud in his book Necessary endings: the employees, businesses, and relationships that all of us have to give up in order to move forward.  (p. 50 – 51) Many people wish for a different universe than the one we live. They want one where every day is a harvest time…

  • Alignment

    Until the other day I had not heard about a principle of a life called alignment.  I think I knew about the concept, but I had never heard it discussed as a formal life principle The greatest problems we face are caused as we resist “what is.”  Let’s say that I don’t like the amount of money I have–so I…

  • Present Moment Awareness

    I suppose like most people I’ve heard about the concept of present-moment awareness for sometime now.  It’s almost a part of the cultural lexicon to say something like “Stay focused and remain in the present moment.” But like many simple ideas, it’s easier said than done.  I’m learning that my mind is a place I like…