Bearing Another's Burden

In the Philippines I heard a local pastor use the following parable to illustrate Christ's offer of rest (Matthew 11:28) and the response of people ...

No Need to Feel Miserable

Often pastors feel guilty if they walk away from a problem and don't feel appropriately miserable. That's neurotic.

The Art of Letting Go

To let go is not to care for, but to care about.

To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a ...

Minding Our Own Business

We might have much peace, if we were of a mind not to concern ourselves with what others say and do, and which is none of our business. How can he long ...

Worry or Worship

We can worry or we can worship. Strangely enough, busy people find it a whole lot easier to worry than to worship.

Anxious for Nothing

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

God Never Gets Anxious

God ... "works always in tranquility." Fuss and feverishness, anxiety, intensity, intolerance, instability, pessimism and wobble, and every ...

Distractions from Prayer

Any house wife knows that the best way to remember the things she meant to do and forgot is to start praying. They will come to her and divert her from ...

Anxiety and Faith Are Incompatible

The beginning of anxiety is the end of faith, and the beginning of true faith is the end of anxiety.

Rule of Faithfulness

To escape the distress caused by regret for the past or fear about the future, this is the rule to follow: leave the past to the infinite mercy of God, ...