So you know how most of us are just trying to do the right thing? Think of others first. Love, live, laugh. Help each other. Hold one another. Hang on one day at a time... Why, then, do some people try to throw a cloak of shame over tender hearts that were so close to being healed? Why would anyone want to hurt another person in the name of "religious truth?"

When you feel criticized and judged, listen to your heart. That's where the Spirit of Jesus Christ resides.

...my life and the lives of so many people I know imitate the life of that tree.

Scary Close was recommended to me by a dear friend who said it changed the way she and her husband view their relationship; and I mean changed in a good way. Donald Miller is already one of my favorite nonfiction authors, so no one had to twist my arm.