When I was a boy in English class, I found diagramming sentences simultaneously fascinating and confusing. I never was very good at it, but I marveled at those who were. However, God taught me a very important lesson in how…
By Jim Grinnell If you’re like me, you want to help people but have grown somewhat suspicious of some people’s claims to need help. Recently, while reading Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend’s book, Boundaries, the authors discuss what…
Recently I had the privilege of speaking at our local “City-Wide Prayer Service for Mental Illness Awareness Week” sponsored by NAMI Tulsa. In the program was the following quote from Father Thomas Keating.”Some wounds are so deep there can be…
Thomas Merton wrote, “If you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. Then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.” Jesus Christ told his disciples, “My peace I leave…