Dear Older Self, Beware of your resentments. They are like poisonous weeds that are dangerous to your health and well being. Remember the suffering created by the resentments of an elderly woman you knew? She resented her husband’s loss of cognitive and motor skills. She often became verbally abusive of him. She would shame him for his failing memory and decreased abilities adding greatly to … [Read more...] about Notes to Our Older Selves: Take Inventory of Resentments
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Notes to Our Older Selves: Take Inventory of Resentments
Dear Older Self, Beware of your resentments. They are like poisonous weeds that are dangerous to your health and well being. Remember the suffering created by the resentments of an elderly woman you knew? She resented her husband’s loss of cognitive and motor skills. She often became verbally abusive of him. She would shame him for his failing memory and decreased abilities adding greatly to … [Read more...] about Notes to Our Older Selves: Take Inventory of Resentments
Step Eight
by Dale and Juanita Ryan It had been embarrassing enough when in confidence we had admitted these things to God, to ourselves, and to another human being. But the prospect of actually visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered in what poor favor we stood with most of them. There were cases, too, where we had damaged others who were still … [Read more...] about Step Eight
Why Is Spirituality So Hard for Pastors?
by Dale Wolery Recently I approached the Cinnabon counter in an airport. I was unable to resist the smell. My mouth watered with the anticipation of the taste of one of those delightful cinnamon rolls. As I placed my order, I asked the woman behind the counter if she ever grew tired of them. What she said surprised me. She told me that she no longer had a taste for them at all. She never ate … [Read more...] about Why Is Spirituality So Hard for Pastors?
