“It is impossible to feel grateful and depressed in the same moment.” Naomi Williams How often do you criticize and complain? My answer: more than I’d like to admit. When I do, I have simply lost my focus on gratitude. […]

  “Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.”  Fred De Witt Van Amburgh I am the luckiest person on the planet. I am.   Can you say this?  And mean it?  If […]

  As we study Jesus’ teaching about not judging, I often get this response: “But it is such a natural human condition; we all do it.”  Yes, I agree with that and yes, we are all burdened with our default-faulty […]

  “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.” (Matthew 7:1-2)  This week, we are jumping […]