Laughter is Serious Business
This week my wife and I took some time off to go to Branson, MO. This is our first trip. Yesterday afternoon we saw a show by the comedian Yakov Smirnoff. See, I’m trying to add some laughter to my life. He was quite funny at times and even caused a deep belly laugh […]
Everything Belongs to Me
Last week I was chiding myself for being too serious. I need to lighten up, see the humor around me and laugh more often. I’ve been trying. Since that time, however, I have had to work through some very serious emotional issues related to some family matters. I feel a great deal of pain […]
I’m Way Too Serious
Something I read the other day in a passage written by Richard Foster struck me as important. He wrote, “It is an occupational hazard of religious people to take life (and themselves) far too seriously.” This is very true of me. What I have trouble with is figuring out how other people can take […]
To See and To Be Seen More Clearly
I’ve got this image in my head of people everywhere walking around with veiled faces–not just dainty veils you might see on a bride or the thin black veils of some Muslim women, but heavy veils that make all the world dark. All we can see through the veils are shadows. Another metaphor might be […]
I Suffer from Spiritual-Truth-Forgetfulness
A few years ago I read Dallas Willard’s Book, The Spirit of Disciplines. It was a wonderful book. I underlined many significant passages and wrote myself notes in the margin. The spiritual truths I found there were bound to change my life. Two years later I somehow acquired another copy of the book. Completely […]
