At various points in my life, I have felt that I didn’t belong. Usually these were times following transitions of moving to a new place. And the feeling of not belonging is often related to the feeling that the people around me saw me as someone or something that I was not. Whether they assigned preconceived notions about my person or lumped me into a group that was not to the acceptable standards of the thinking of their peers, the feeling of not belonging is never pleasant.
At various points in my life, I have felt that I didn’t belong. Usually these were times following transitions of moving to a new place. And the feeling of not belonging..
Here we are in the second month of the new year, and many people have already given up on their New Year’s resolutions to eat healthier, lose a few pounds and be more..
There are many definitions of hope. Some describe it as a feeling of expectation or desire for something to happen. Others see it as trust, or even as clinging to a mere..
I grew up in the Lehigh Valley ofPennsylvania, first settled by Moravians, German speaking Protestants fromEastern Europe suffering persecution in the 17th and..
It was fifteen years ago and in another Christmas season when sudden, unwanted symptoms entered my body spreading cancer molecules everywhere. The most serious question..
In the past week alone, I found myself in three different conversations with colleagues who are walking alongside aging parents in their late 80s and early 90s. Each one..
I had never had a cat, but I have had many dogs. By my count, I have had 7 dogs in my adulthood and 3 dogs as a child. I have also had one bird and three guinea pigs but..
I often say that I don’t know how people live without faith—without Jesus, or without hope. And I mean that because hope is central to nearly everything in my life...
