How to change a bad perception

How do you change a bad perception to a good one? (And, no, this isn’t the beginning line of a cheesy joke—it’s actually a very important question) If perceptions have grown dubious or negative, how do we change them? I hate it when people draw inaccurate perceptions about me. And even more than that I hate the fact that people’s perceptions about me become their…

The Problem with Wake Up Calls

The problem with wake up calls is that they are necessarily annoying. They have to be. A gentle, soothing alarm clock wouldn’t revive a sleepy teenager, and without some strong confrontation elements, Richard Stearns’ The Hole in our Gospel might not stimulate us to appropriate action. However, sometimes the alarm clock message needs to be tweaked a little bit, and such is the case with…

Susan Samanya

I can’t stop thinking about her, and I pray for her almost nightly. I worry about her, and I feel a love for her that is quite a lot stronger than I have any right to feel. You see I’ve never even met her. I’ve never heard her voice, I’ve never held her hand, but I feel like she’s another daughter. Her name is Susan…