CONFESSIONS OF A STARBUCKS PASTOR

When my kids were little, I bristled at the use of the single word "Sorry". "I'm sorry" didn't fare much better in my mind. The word "sorry" is just a word . It doesn't take much effort to float it off your tongue. You could replace it with any word - merely puffing out those two syllables doesn't carry sincerity. At least using " I am " in front of the word "sorry" indicates some level of ownership. My preference? "I'm sorry for ________, will you please forgive me?" Something specific is named, and the person is humbled enough to ask for forgiveness from another. The other person is asked to respond. Just blurting out the single word really doesn't take much effort, and the times I have heard people say it, the apologizing person saying it doesn't seem very affected. In my mind, if you are apologizing to someone it should require your concern. Hence, my kids were taught to use my full sentence...

Even if you really are? This is the question at the top of my ponder list lately. It's one thing to argue your point of view. Of course it is different from someone else's. I just hope you have substantial information to back up your thoughts. But what about arguing about the obvious? Today is Wednesday, whether we like it or not. Someone can scream away that it really is Saturday all they want, but the reality is that today truly remains Wednesday. No matter how loud the other person raises their voice or how much they hiss as they "correct" you. To further compound my pondering, I wonder why when some people try to argue against reality I shrug but when other people try the same thing I become hostile? How dare they tell me something that simply is not true?? After all, they were there too and saw the same thing !!! I was just fine when my kids were little. They would claim something (that was incorrect, not an opinion) and I would nonchalantly tell them...