Healing

Walking in the Kingdom

The Kingdom of God is not like our earthly kingdoms. Being a part of the Kingdom of God means that now I live differently than I used to. It means I live in an ‘upside down’ kingdom that doesn’t make sense to my natural mind or even make sense to those around me. I nowContinue reading “Walking in the Kingdom”

Rough Draft

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was starting a book project. Since it has been a month or so since I mentioned this fact, I felt like I needed to follow up and say that, Yes, I am still working on this project. Phase One of this project, the R & D, orContinue reading “Rough Draft”

Physical Therapy For The Soul, Part III

In the first two parts of this three part series, I looked into physical therapy; what it was and what the emotional equivalent of physical therapy would be. I looked at differences and similarities and contrasts between these two therapies. In this third part, I am going to attempt to delve into what the spiritualContinue reading “Physical Therapy For The Soul, Part III”

Physical Therapy for the Soul, Part I

Note: When I set out to write this post I was planning on writing just one, but I am turning it into a three part series, so stay tuned for more. The other day I was out for my daily walk. Often, when I am taking a walk I process what is going on inContinue reading “Physical Therapy for the Soul, Part I”

Telling The Story

Recently I was on a book launch team for a new book my friend Sarah Hanks wrote. This was my first time being on a launch team, any launch team for that matter, and I really enjoyed myself. I learned a lot about what bringing a book out into the world meant in the yearContinue reading “Telling The Story”

Healing

Earlier this year our church was talking about healing. It had been a topic during the sermon on Sunday morning, and we later discussed in our small groups throughout the week. This was back in January, when my sister-in-law had been in the hospital for a week, between Christmas and New Years. She’s in herContinue reading “Healing”

To My Friends

It’s about life. You see the pain of your past; the not understanding of why you were raised the way you were, the feelings that struggled inside of you then, the wondering why your parents were strict, or not strict, why they liked what they did, why they didn’t like what you did. Maybe youContinue reading “To My Friends”

When was…?

I’ve lost myself in the doing. When was the last time I bought myself a new dress for a party? For my birthday party? Do I celebrate myself? When was the last time I had a day off? Like really, truly, literally-no-agenda day off? And not just a day-off-with-ten-other-things-I-need-to-get-done ‘day off’? When was the lastContinue reading “When was…?”

The Doing

Last night I started to read ‘A Million Little Ways’ by Emily P. Freeman. I’ve been listening to Emily’s podcast, The Next Right Thing, for a month or two now. In one of her earliest episodes she shares about a woman who wrote to her with a desire to write, but didn’t think she hadContinue reading “The Doing”

Home

When I was 13 years old my parents moved our family from one house to another. We moved within the same city, only a few miles from where we had been living. That was a hard move for me. From the time I was born, until I was thirteen, my parents lived in six differentContinue reading “Home”