At First, It’s A Little Disconcerting

A life-changing cataract surgery reveals the beauty and clarity of a world once unseen, inspiring a journey of embracing new perspectives and deeper truths.

Until I was around 50 years old, I experienced severe nearsightedness. My parents noticed the problem when I struggled to read the chalkboard in first grade, leading to my first pair of glasses. Almost every year after that, I needed a stronger prescription. Over time, I learned to use landmarks for navigation since I couldn’t […]

Lord, Help Me Be Kind When I Don’t Want To!

Be kind! Especially when everything in you screams to react in anger, be kind. Ask yourself, what is lying behind that internal outrage?

Years ago, while helping to lead a children’s outreach with Youth With a Mission, I learned a children’s chorus based on Ephesians 4:31-32 (KJV). “Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, […]