Hal Green, Ph.D

How to Explain Forgiveness to a Child

It’s a challenge to explain forgiveness to a six-year-old. I recently attempted just that. Fortunately, he was a very bright boy, who really wanted an answer he could grasp and apply. He had difficulty knowing how to forgive himself, and what he had to do in order to receive the forgiveness of God. And so, […]

The Compassion of God

The soul of religion is compassion. God is often said to be compassionate and merciful, gracious and abounding in steadfast love. Without compassion, love does not mean very much in practice. All the great world religions espouse compassion for others as essential for the practice of their respective faiths.

What Jesus Taught in Parables 6: Money

The Bible teaches that money belongs to God. It comes from God, and if God bestows it on us, we are to be good and grateful stewards of what remains God’s wealth, of what we cannot take with us when we return to God. Mind you, though we cannot take wealth with us, we will […]

How to Forgive Another

If you cannot forgive a loved one in general, being able to love that person is in jeopardy. Sooner or later a loved one will do something that hurts you. Then a test of love will ensue. Without the aid of forgiveness, you won’t be able to right and restore the relationship. That being said, […]

Finding Yourself

FINDING YOURSELF One day you will wake up From the illusion That there are barriers To seeing and being yourself; And you will finally find yourself in sheer being. Though you may seem too small to satisfy Your cravings to be a somebody, You will realize you are really enough, And being enough is better […]

What Jesus Taught in Parables 5: Honesty and Humility

Becoming right before God begins with our honest self-appraisal, our humility, and our simple heartfelt appeal for God’s mercy. To be right with God, we must do as Abraham and Sarah did: remain comfortably dependent upon God with unconditional faith; we must never depend upon ourselves and our own worthiness. Our faith and confidence must […]