Way Point 4 - Relational Maturity Preface Greetings, dear friends welcome to the final waypoint on our journey to oneness. It doesn't mean we have arrived, it simply means we have reached the farthest point to which we can go, relational maturity. As always I want to preface our discussion with this call out. While... Continue Reading →
Way Point 3 - The Adolescent Phase Who remembers the awkward phase between childhood and adulthood? When you felt you were old enough to take care of yourself and make your own decisions, but your parents knew otherwise? If you are old like me, you remember snippets of time but not the details. It might... Continue Reading →
Way Point 2 - Conception of the Marriage Relationship Jack and Jill went up the aisle, one day to be wed. In front of God, and in front of man, Their vows were boldly said We promise now to love one another, no matter, come what may. To you my dear, I will be true,... Continue Reading →
The Starting Waypoint - Twoness In our last session we discussed the marriage relationship and the concept of becoming one. Unity in will, thought, and purpose. Striving toward the same goal in one accord, and no, I don't mean a Honda. How does a couple obtain such a lofty state of being without losing one's... Continue Reading →
Discerning the Distance In life there are many forms of relationship. Family, friends, acquaintances, enemies, spouses, just to name a few. Each having its' own set of challenges, and its' own reward. The human existence was designed for relationship and the sooner we understand that, the sooner we realize the importance of relationship. I want... Continue Reading →
Identity is a real issue in our society today. One may think that it is simply a question for this generation, but I assure it is not. Who are you, is a question that all of us have dealt with, and must answer at some point in our life. It is not an easy question to answer without... Continue Reading →
I am a continuous improvement professional by trade and a born again believer by choice. I have come to understand that the old adage "It is all about the process" is as true in life as it is in business or sports or anything else we set our hands, minds and focus on. Far too often we place the emphasis on the end result or reward, missing the true learning, which is the actual golden nugget for growth and change for the better.
Have you ever had a string dangling on a sweater cuff or hem line? You think, I'll just pull on that sucker and pop it off, only to find that as you pull, the cuff or hem begins to unravel. The harder or longer you pull, the more it unravels. It seems the older I get the more I understand that the unraveling is a metaphor or mirror image of life. So much of who we are and how act is "tied" to events or learnings of our younger days. As the thread of our life is pulled and examined, we see how our character, emotions, and actions were formed into the tapestry that we have become today.
Often times, the thing that grabs our attention is a good thing, even a very good thing. The problem of full focus on what is out there lies in what it does to our view of what we have in our hand!
The moral of the Good Samaritan parable is that God's goodness can manifest in and thru anyone at any time. With that truth in mind there is one more line I want to quote from Mike Donehey's book. In it he says "we need to resist writing off anyone. We can be radically different, but still radically committed."
