Jesus

When the World says ‘More. Give me more, more, more’, Jesus responds and says, ‘I am the More’. When the World says, ‘You need to do more, be more…more than what you are. More than what you can do now, more than who you are now’, Jesus says, ‘I am Enough.’ Jesus says, ‘Rest inContinue reading “More”

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”

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”

Still Good

A minute or two after midnight last night, as Adam and I were awakened by the sounds of fireworks and guns going off, I told Adam, ‘I feel nostalgic for 2023 already’. Because it was true. In the moment, it was a true statement. I wasn’t ready to move from one year to the next,Continue reading “Still Good”

Brokenness

Over the weekend I quit my job. You know, the job that I told you about in my last post, the job that had ‘gone bad’? Yeah, that job. The job that I don’t have anymore. I quit over the weekend. By text. I know. I felt like a jerk. Like a real live jerk.Continue reading “Brokenness”

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”

Not Wasted

‘You write for free and it should feel like a waste, except that it doesn’t and you don’t have an answer for it…it should be silly, except somehow to you, it isn’t.’ – Emily P. Freeman, ‘A Million Little Ways’ (Emphasis added) ‘You write for free…’ ‘And it should feel like a waste…’ ‘Except thatContinue reading “Not Wasted”

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”