I am suspicious of ideologies and systems. Two quotes from Naomi Klein: "I think anyone who falls in love with a system is dangerous, because the world doesn't comply, and then they get angry at the world." "Ideology serves as sort of a cover story to rationalize...

Love doesn't control people. We have 3 grown children. I would love to control them so that they would always make wise choices, always be safe, and never do anything to hurt themselves or others. But I can't do that. They are individuals who have to live their own...

I've only watched a couple episodes of Hoarders and that's all I want to watch. We will keep everything from twist ties to TV sets. The emotional, sentimental and psychological attachment we may develop with our things is shocking! There are memories connected to each...

I was Skyping with another TLS member yesterday and asked her a simple question: "What do you want?" It's a simple question, but one I used to find impossible to answer. Many years ago when I was in one of my times of confusion, a mentor asked me the same question and...

I want to tell you a story of what happened to me last night. Lisa and I were invited to a friend's house. She was one of my leaders and we were great friends. But when I left the ministry and the church we had a kind of falling out. We've been working on restoring...