In search of perpetual gratitude
I would like to know if gratitude is a sustainable state of being. It seems that one moment I feel thankful and the next my internal dialogue is complaining about something.
Checking off Jesus’ get-to-heaven list
Until recently, I would have been among those who cringe at the thought of voluntarily entering a prison — too dangerous, too out of anyone’s comfort zone. Then something happened I did not plan on; I agreed to mentor a parolee, and while a parolee is no longer in prison, mentoring a former inmate means going into the system.
