Dr. Payton

People who have come to me for help have taught me the importance of actually listening to others without our reacting to what we are hearing. This can be very difficult to do unless we actually tell ourselves that this is what we want to do. It is easy to react [and self righteously respond]…

I was recently listening to a sermon being delivered by a minister at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City. The sermon was on” carrying your cross,” connected to the saying that “we all have our cross to bear.” I do not want to discuss the Chrisitan meaning ascribed to this but the meaning…