What’s the Difference Between a Goal and a Miracle? (part one)
I’ve been thinking a lot about miracles this week – what they are, where they might come from, and whether or not they have any relevance in our modern world. It occurs to me that there are a couple of distinctions which mark out what we might call a “miracle” from stuff that just happens or goals we work hard to achieve…
Loving People Three Levels Deep (#998)
My wife and I were having a conversation about a mutual acquaintance who had in our minds behaved appallingly the previous weekend. At first, she wondered why I wasn’t as upset as her, and then she got it.
“Oh,” she said. “You’re loving them two levels deep and I’m only willing to go one level at the moment.”
Sandy Hook, Umpqua, and What One Person Can Do (#994)
I’ve been teaching in the UK this weekend and was looking through some of my old Huffington Post articles to see if there was anything in there worthy of recycling for this week’s tip. To my utter dismay, I came across an article I wrote the day after the killing of 26 people at Sandy Hook elementary school in December of 2012. According to the Guardian newspaper, there have been 933 mass shootings since that time…
Living a Spiritual Life (#988)
There is a wonderful moment in nearly every live program that I run where the person or people attending have an insight into the inside-out, spiritual nature of life. This insight is often characterized by a quieting of the mind, a feeling of peace and well-being…