How I’m Overcoming Judginess in a Divided World
I feel the anger rising as I scroll. “She is so ignorant.” “I can’t believe he actually thinks that.” “What is wrong with her?” The…
compassion
Compassion and love are not luxuries to be enjoyed when we have the time. As the source of both inner and external peace, they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species. — Tenzin Gyatso, the Dalai Lama
Remember that compassion is practiced by people of all faiths, not just yours.
Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. — Henry Ward Beecher
Don’t be quick to judge or condemn another for his or her sin. Your understanding will yield a better response.
‘Microchallenge’? More Like ‘Soul-Searching’
If you keep up with Busted Halo’s Advent Calendar – and why wouldn’t you? – you might have figured out that, while today’s Microchallenge may seem simple enough, it’s actually completely…
Suck It Up And Deal With It
We’ve all been there. Your husband is spilling his heart out to you and the only thing you want to do is yell, “Freakin’ suck…
Email Forwards
The dreaded email forwards. Pictures of puppies wearing hats, drawings of angels, images of sunsets. I don’t get a lot of these emails except for…
Learning to Be Good
As a child, I yearned to be good. Not just pleasant-table-manners good, but profound, give-away-all-your-belongings-like-St.-Francis good. This may surprise anyone who knew me back then,…
The Lords Prayer and the Lockerbie Controversy
“Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” For many who go to church every Sunday, these words roll off the…
Do Catholics pray to Mary? Do they consider her a Deity?
Devotion to Mary goes back a long way in the Catholic church. But Catholics do not believe that Mary is divine and we don’t pray…
Euphemistically Speaking
The other day, while toting my inquisitive four-year-old daughter to preschool, our chat about contemporary political corruption was interrupted by a familiar smell. Taking a…
