Is it just me, or do you also have days when you feel weak and weary? I think we all struggle against the Weight of Life: our ears hear bad reports, far outnumbering good reports these days; our feelings get turned on, a thousand different ways, because people have morphed into outright nasties on a …
Difficult circumstances bring out the best and worst in people. Because of this, we find an emotional and reactional gamut in trials: courage/fear, unity/division, giving/taking, kindness/brutality. Our first and ongoing response in trials can be quite shocking. Can we reflect together on how can we live well, in times like these? Is it possible to …
Brokenness isn’t our problem; ignoring our brokenness is our problem. We’re all broken…wholeness begins when we recognize, accept and embrace brokenness.
November 11, 2019 – I’m remembering Dad on his 87th birthday. Memories of Dad stir up a mixture of feelings: love, fear, sadness, regret, and thanksgiving. Our father-daughter bond, forever fixed–I love and cherish him with all of my heart. Ever Present, Ever Changing At home for as long as I can remember, Dad’s gaze …
When we look around at one another, it’s getting harder and harder to find anyone kind and good. Evil, in all its twisted forms and accompanying pain and death, is commonplace and rampant–in distant countries, in our own homes, schools, communities, our workplace, in our government; and most frightening, in our own lives. Aren’t our …
Do you ever feel small and insignificant? I do. I’ve felt like that, a lot. Finding someone to prove me wrong was often like finding the proverbial “needle in the haystack.” The search for significance sends us all looking for approval, value, purpose and love. Where can we find what we so desperately need? The …
My Life has always been messy. Dysfunction and chaos have enveloped my life, from as far back as I can remember. In some arenas, they remain unwelcome companions to this day. I became a Fixer of Messy Life. I tried to fix my circumstances, fix others, and fix me. I turned in “my title” when …
Life is confusing. Life is filled with questions and trials. Sometimes Life squeezes you into a little box, lid sealed and locked, and you don’t know who holds the key. Life isn’t supposed to be this way, is it? Who knows the Meaning of Life? Does anyone have answers for Life’s BIGGEST questions? Who am …