Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1 The Serenity to Accept the Things I Cannot Change 9
Chapter 1 A Peace That Comes from God 13
Chapter 2 Safe from a all Distress 18
Chapter 3 Work as if Everything Depends on You, and Pray as if Everything Defends on God 22
Chapter 4 Patience heads to Peace 27
Chapter 5 God Never Leaves Us Alone 33
Chapter 6 If God Can change It, why Doesn't He? 41
Chapter 7 We Have Everything We Need 45
Chapter 8 The Allure of Material Possessions 49
Chapter 9 Climb a Mountain, Then Look Again 53
Chapter 10 Serenity Is Possible No Matter What Comes Our Way 57
Chapter 11 Owning Our History 63
Chapter 12 God Loves You, Warts and All 69
Chapter 13 God's Mercy Has No Limits 73
Chapter 14 Gratitude as a Path to Peace 78
Chapter 15 It's All About Joy 85
Part 2 The Courage to Change the Things I Can 91
Chapter 16 Can We Really Make a Difference? 94
Chapter 17 Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread for Action 99
Chapter 18 Some Change Is Necessary 104
Chapter 19 Who Is Courageous Anymore? 110
Chapter 20 You've Got a Big Part in the Play 113
Chapter 21 In God's Eyes, We Are All Action Figures 118
Chapter 22 Dreamers of the World, Unite! 124
Chapter 23 The First Person to Change Is You 127
Chapter 24 Blessed Are the Merciful 130
Chapter 25 A Bridge to Reconciliation 144
Chapter 26 Bearing each Other's Crosses 148
Chapter 27 The Courage to Get Back Up After Failing 152
Chapter 28 Start with Baby Steps 158
Chapter 29 if David Could Do It, So Can I! 161
Part 3 The Wisdom to Know the Difference 165
Chapter 30 Seek After Wisdom, Not Knowledge 169
Chapter 31 Cultivating Our Interior Life 173
Chapter 32 Spiritual but Not Religious? 177
Chapter 33 The Whiskers of God 181
Chapter 34 The Root of All Wisdom 187
Chapter 35 Discernment 191
Chapter 36 Don't Avoid Risks-Take the Right Ones 196
Chapter 37 A Life of Purpose and Meaning 201
Chapter 38 Christian Wisdom? 207
Chapter 39 I've Got Heaven on My Mind 209
Chapter 40 God's Will or Mine? 217
Chapter 41 Persons over Things 222
Conclusion 216
Notes 219