I have never met a person who hates gifts. I have met a lot of people who don’t always like all the stuff around gift giving–the expectations, disappointments, forced gratitude–but the idea of “gift” is okay. We often don’t know what to do with gifts and that’s even more likely when we don’t see a…
Virtually every human being wants to be part of a group. There are people who prefer solitude above everything else, but they are very much in the minority. We want to know we are “in.” There is not much wrong with the desire to be included but we cannot lose sight of the reality for…
Today is the second Sunday in May. More importantly, it is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. This year there is some crossover between the two. The second Sunday in May in Canada is Mothers’ Day (or Mother’s Day if you prefer). This is a tricky Sunday. One of the trickiest parts of it is how…