From a young age, we find that life in the physical world is not always fun. We’d forgotten why we came here: growth, soul expansion and learning to love in an imperfect environment. This amnesia leads us to adopt material priorities such as competition, judging others and “looking out for number one.” The problem [...]
“Life’s toughest lessons unravel truths we hold dear: beliefs we’ve glommed onto since childhood when we built our worlds upon the logic of others and claimed it as our own.” I thought of this original beginning of my book as I listened to Shelly*, a writing peer. “I grew up in a very strict religious [...]
After GFH, God blessed me with an instantaneous, straight-out-of-the-New-Testament-type miracle. And how did I react, besides giddily dancing around? I asked, “Why did you pick me when there are others who deserve it more?” I’d questioned God’s judgment. How outrageous that I thought I knew better than Our Lord who deserves His attention. And what [...]
