A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. ~ Alexander Pope Growing up. Growing wiser. Maturing to add […]
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Forget Punishment
God is all about love. God is about healing, forgiveness, reconciliation, and transformation, not about punishment. The founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W., often said, “Punishment never heals. Only love can heal.” Bill W. understood the Christian message. It’s not […]
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Healing and Atonement are not related; they are identical. There is no order of difficulty in miracles because there are no degrees of Atonement. It is the one complete concept possible in this world, because it is the source of […]
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“How is it that you have nothing to say about Pearl Harbor? How can you roll with a punch like that?” “Well,” replied the yearling, “each of us in A.A. has already had his own private Pearl Harbor. So why […]
Continue reading »Acting As If I Could Act As If
With much fear of my old God, I sat down and wrote a description of what I really want and need from a Higher Power and decided to act as if I could act as if. ~ Overeaters Anonymous. A New […]
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