Books
Openness to Challenge
What does a life of total dedication to the truth mean? Asks Peck in his book THE ROADLESS TRAVELED. It is a life of continuous and never-ending stringent self-examination. The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action. We are beginning to realize that the source of danger…
Read MoreTransference : The Outdated Map
Today we are looking at Transference being that set way of perceiving and responding to the world which is developed in childhood and which is usually entirely appropriate to the childhood environment but which is inappropriately transferred into the adult environment. Truth or reality is avoided when it is painful. We can revise our maps…
Read MoreDedicated to Reality
I have a schedule that I love to. use for my work. Even though I try to plan and to know what is coming, that is not the case as this morning. I had it perfectly worked out and then a client reschedules. So I have to adjust my thinking. That is what Peck…
Read MoreEscape from Freedom
As I continue to read THE ROADLESS TRAVELED by M. Scott Peck, MD in the section Escape from Freedom, I am trying to think what truths from the Bible can line up with what he says. Deuteronomy 30:19 says “This day I call heaven and Earth as witness against you that I have set before…
Read MoreNeuroses and Character Disorders – Who’s Responsible?
The neurotic assumes to much responsibility; the person with a character disorder not enough. The neurotic assumes the world is at fault; the character disorder says something must be wrong with me. The problem of distinguishing what we are and what we are not responsible for in this life is one of the greatest problems…
Read MoreProblem Solving and Time
The subject for today in “The Roadless Traveled” is Problem-Solving and Time. We are still touching on delayed gratification in this section. Anyone can solve any problem if they are willing to take the time. Once you become aware of a personal problem, are you so discomfited that you demand and immediate solution and…
Read MoreDelayed Gratifacation
This is the 3rd day camping. It rained all day yesterday. Most of the day was spent sitting around the picnic table under the tarp Rick had bought that Billie said was unnecessary. Thanks Rick for not listening. There was also shopping, napping and reading a lot. The rain cleared at 8:00pm and everyone sat…
Read MoreA Difficult Life
Second day camping. It started off raining. It is really hard to shower and get dried off when it is so wet. But finally it has stopped. It is still cloudy so my umbrella is going everywhere with me until I see the sun with no black clouds. ….And the rain starts again. Me,…
Read MoreA Clean Conscience
My journey continues into the first day of the second week of the study of entrusted. My humility comes from never forgetting Jesus took our place and that all we are called to be and to do is a gift of grace. Yes, our tendency is to keep our wrongs of the past in our…
Read MoreWHEN THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO
The last part of the last chapter of WHEN GOD INTERRUPTS, Barnes talks of when we loose our faith. Don’t we all have moments, days or months where we wonder about all this. Some people leave the church. Some are still in church but they have lost it in their hearts. Sometimes it is a…
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