I used to have an unconscious belief that Christmas was supposed to be about the miracles that I would see on television. It was as if everyone’s problems would find their solutions at the last minute on Christmas Eve or Christmas day. Homes would have just the right decorations, food looked as if a gourmet […]
Tomorrow marks the beginning of Advent. This year I want to enter into this practice with great intention. I realize that our programs of recovery teaches us many of the same things that we learn during Advent. I’d like to invite you to join me. Recovery is really all about relationships: to God first, self […]
We are so divided as a nation. I kept thinking that I should do something about it. I just didn’t know what I could do. Then, I began to remember the tools of my twelve-step program. If I were to think like a twelve-stepper, I would need to accept that I can’t change another person. The […]