Relationships

Compassion

Most of us tend to be compassionate people, and you probably are as well. But, there may be times when you withhold compassion.  Why? Because these situations may involve people who you believe to be immoral, selfish, or have some other character flaw. Of course if someone who you deem as selfish or immoral faced a devastating hardship, you would ...

Fair or Right?

In the late 1960’s, Bill Guilfoile was named public relations director for the Pittsburgh Pirates. On his first day on the job, a well-known sports writer requested Bill to set up an interview with Roberto Clemente.  Bill approached Clemente, introduced himself, and relayed the interview request. Clemente reacted with a passionate three-minute ...

The High Road

A fundamental litmus test of our faith might be how we respond to people who make our blood to boil: people who oppose our ideas, misconstrue what we say, treat others badly.  You have a few of those people in your life, don’t you?And are you sympathetic when these people misunderstand you? Are you warm and gracious in the face of bitterness? ...

Who Surrounds You?

The founder of a large homeless shelter once said that a recovering addict cannot possibly maintain sobriety if he or she surrounded by people who are still using.  Likewise, you cannot be the person God created you to be if you are surrounded solely by people of lukewarm faith leading complacent lives of relative comfort. No matter how great your intentions are to be the person God wants you to be  ...