Category: Forgiveness

  • 5 Things to Do When People Disappoint You

      We have all had days like yesterday was for me.  It felt like everywhere I turned, I learned about someone near-and-dear who had let me down.  The spectrum went from the extreme of betrayal—involving heart-deep issues—to a mild notion of carelessness on social media. As I reflect on Read more […]

  • What am I missing?

    What am I missing? What I am I not seeing? These are questions we must (MUST) ask ourselves in the course of life, especially in a life that is froth with difficulty and struggle: the life of a leader. I find that even the experts encounter surprise and the unexpected as they pursue what seems…

  • “16 Things that Make Me Happy” (My monthly gratitude list)

                        Once a month, I make a list of things that make me happy and grateful.  Today, I wasn’t feeling grateful, and was kind of feeling sorry for myself, so it seemed a perfect day to use gratitude as a Read more […]

  • 26 Things I’m Grateful For

    Some of my readers know that I monthly tell my journal (blog) those things about which I’m grateful.  The list always matches the day’s date. From 3am on the 26th here in Uganda—this is my list—for whatever it’s worth.  May your day be infused with thankfulness—even if in the face of need, Read more […]

  • 4 Options When People Hurt You

    . Ever been hurt (or just pissed off)? Of course you have.  So what do you do about that?  These are four strategies I have been given by people I respect and love: The whole walk-a-mile-in-their-shoes thing.  Research shows that most people are dwelling in a place of immediate pressure Read more […]

  • “Even When We Don’t Want to” (A 70-second read on pressing into courage, selflessness and forgiveness.)

    This blog post was prompted by a thought I posted on Facebook this morning: I’m considering the beauty of Maundy Thursday, Christ’s final hours in His human experience. The Last Supper, the Passover meal. Washing of the feet. Communion. “Final” thoughts and commandments (“maundy” is Latin for “commandment”). Read more […]