I recently received a moving series of audio clips of pastors talking about God’s Waiting Room. Simply put, God’s Waiting Room is that space and time and “place” we reside in while “waiting” for our dreams to become manifest. The waiting room can be a painful place because we human beings don’t usually wait very […]
Pain-2-Power is rooted in time-honored theories that honor personal insight and life story reasoning. But it is also the case that it draws its power from spiritual truths that can change the way people see themselves, their relationships and the world around them. First, Pain-2-Power helps people embrace their own pain and grow from it. […]
Plenty of people this Thanksgiving—and every Thanksgiving—are facing adversity. Economic hardships, health challenges and political upheaval have visited millions. Add to that potential difficulties in relationships, and it’s easy to imagine that the holiday yesterday was still a pretty stressful day for lots and lots of people. Maybe it was for you, too. Here’s a […]
The holiday known as Veteran’s Day came and went yesterday, but the way I see it, every day is Veteran’s Day. I don’t mean this in some sappy way. I mean it quite literally. Because every single day that we are allowed to say what we think and own private property and live without fear […]
As the Presidential election unfolds, with percentages still being tallied for each candidate in several states, it is a good time to think about in which areas of your life you vote for yourSELF and by what margin. What do I mean by this? After many years working to optimize people’s lives—including their personal lives, […]
Vampires are, of course, those unholy creatures that lurk in the night thirsting for the blood of others. Avoiding vampires is, therefore, a very good idea. And no one would willingly join their ranks by volunteering to be bitten. Yet hating vampires doesn’t make sense, either, because they were once alive, until they became victims […]
Years ago, I was visited by an elderly woman who came to see me because her feet burned relentlessly, from her ankles to the tips of her toes. She could hardly walk. She wept from the pain. It was so hard to bear that she considered taking her own life. Internists and neurologists and an […]
When everything goes according to plan, when successes flow without reversals, we consider ourselves fortunate. And we are. But, more often, success either comes after putting forth great effort to clear significant hurdles or after experiencing actual reversals—sometimes profound ones. A reversal, followed by a comeback, is God’s favorite story. Why? Because that story requires […]
Yes, you will be tested. If you are looking for immunity against deep despair in this world, those five words may provide it. Mind you, the immunity is not against pain and suffering. It is against throwing in the towel. It is against believing all is lost. It is against believing that you have been […]
Whether you believe God is in charge (as I do) or the Universe is in charge, you have a purpose in this world. God or the universe will see to it that you walk through a very complex labyrinth of events in your life—including victories and defeats and lots of soul-searching—before your purpose is made […]