One more quote from The Shack, about a man and his wife: “He says she saved his life and paid a high price to do it. For some reason, beyond understanding, she seems to love him now more than ever, even though I get the sense that he hurt her something fierce in the early …
His face loses emotion like a tide going out…
A number of clients have referred to the book The Shack, by Wm. Paul Young over the last several months as they seek to uncover how to understand relating to God in a world where so much pain hurts so many in such deep ways. Often people have a chance to connect with ideas that …
TeamWork
I watched a video this morning during a workshop I was attending that was about leadership and group/team development…the video followed a pair of runners during the race. One of the fellows was clearly blind. The other was sighted. Both were clearly trained and seasoned runners. They ran a race…not a road race, but a …
Grace is Hard Work
“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.” Ellen Goodman I saw a couple lately, deeply in love, new again in love, after decades …
Easy Does It
During the recent cold snap, my garage door started acting up. It responded with even less consistency than usual. To get in, we punch in a 4 digit code to get the door to automatically open. When it is cold, it often takes two or three tries. When it is really really cold (as it …
Naming the Elephants
Funny how a person can be thinking of an idea, and then several cool things happen very soon after that enrich and expand the thinking, y’know? I was visiting with some friends lately…and some pretty huge stuff has happened in both of our lives-the same tragic events-we were both devastated by the same experiences. I’m …
More on Double Binds
Ever notice that your style of thinking changes in the shower? I dunno, maybe more meandering kinds of thoughts that allow for ideas to be generated that wouldn’t happen else where? Happened to me yesterday. I was thinking about yesterday’s post on double binds when I suddenly was drawn back to spring days where puddles …
Double Binds
D’ya ever notice how, in the Canadian political system, the “loyal opposition” is loyally opposed to everything? I realize it is their job to challenge what the party in power is doing and keep them on their toes…but this morning on the way to work, I listened to an interview about how the government is …
The connection
“The greatest happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.” Victor Hugo One of the greatest privileges of working with couples who are in various stages of marital crisis, is the chance to work with them to create an environment where a person …
Celebrating–a time to recapture hope
Gotta hand it to those Americans…they sure know how to throw a party during the Inauguration. I watched some of the highlights on the news and on you-tube–the closing song on Sunday’s concert led by Beyonce choked me up a little and I’m not even American. But what teared me up was that if I …