Logic is all very well for the world’s business, but it has little to do with living. Life defies logic. Figuring-out has no place in growth. ~ For Today (Kindle Location 730) But figuring out is what I do! Logic […]

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The definition of forgiving is, “I give up my right to hurt you for hurting me.” ~ Vernetta Howell I can make you hurt, but why? In hurting you, I don’t pass it on, don’t relieve myself of earlier hurt. […]

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I became as compulsive about A.A. as I had been about drinking, which was necessary because I had been told to spend as much time at meetings as I had spent drinking. (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, page 396) Elsewhere the book says, […]

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When a United Methodist pastor is ordained, he or she is examined on these topics: Have you faith in Christ? Are you going on to perfection? Do you expect to be made perfect in love in this life? Are you […]

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Willpower, finely honed through years of wear against compulsion, against behaviors relegated to private moments, hidden from sight, secret obsessions. Willpower, threadbare, exhausted, torpid, inert, deceased. These truths resonate, define not just my life but my resolve…. Why, then, do […]

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