James 3:1-2, Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a stricter judgment, 2 for we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a mature man who is also able to control his whole body. These two verses are intimidating to me. James …
Even decades later, I continue to be haunted by those hateful words I said as an angry hurt teenager to my Mother. My soul hurts by the careless words, told to me by my 80-year-old Grandmother, who I idolized, who is long since gone to be with the Lord. After the words escaped, I remember, …
As I was sitting on the 2nd-floor balcony watching the ocean roll and out, a family walking in the parking lot caught my eye. The parking lot is U-shaped, with parking places on each side surrounded by a large grassy area in the middle flanked by large bushes on each side. The family was going …