Have you ever fallen for a lie? Yea, me too. Ever wonder why we so easily buy into these lies? These caustic words others say to us, or worse, the ones we say to ourselves? These words that immobilize, making us feel insignificant or confused. Unfortunately, this fatal falling for lies was modeled for us […]
Month: May 2013
Ask the Counselor: How Do I {Really} Release My Burdens to God?
Reader Question: I have asked others this question and there seems to be no answer. It seems silly, like it should be easy for me to figure out, but I can’t. I am bipolar, mostly the depressive side of it, suffer from debilitating Fibromyalgia, have several emotional/mental issues, and right now am at my […]
When Your Eyes Adjust {Too Well} to the Dark
I’ve been practicing my night vision again. It’s become a regular thing, this stumbling my way in blackness. You see, my body simply refuses to let me sleep through the night any more, constantly waking me with these middle-of-the-night bladder urges. {Menopause is not for the weak of heart!} But it doesn’t seem fair […]
Dancing Upon Barren Land: An interview with Lesli A. Westfall
When experiencing infertility, a woman’s feelings about herself, her relationships with others and her belief in God become confused and complicated. Having experienced these emotions herself, Lesli A. Westfall has written Dancing Upon Barren Land: Prayer, Scripture Reflections, and Hope for Infertility. Q: Can you tell us a little bit about your own struggle with […]
The Church It Was Never Meant to Be
The Church. A place of love and joy and peace. A sanctuary of safety. A haven where the flock gathers and works together and loves one another with the love of Jesus and builds one another up and spurs one another on and helps one another grow. At least that’s the idea. Sadly, this is […]
When the Family Tree has {potentially} Rotten Roots
Reader Question: I’m 72-years old and I have been tracing my family tree on Ancestry.com for the past several years. I am the oldest surviving member from both the maternal and fraternal side of my family. My brother (two years younger) found out that he and I have different fathers making us half siblings. Here […]
When We Whisper Thanks into the Whirlwind
She graduated from high school on Friday and turned 18 on Saturday, then on Sunday spirited me out for a surprise Mother’s Day lunch at Piccadilly because she knew it was where my mother and I always went. She’s my baby-girl-become-woman, my soul friend who knows what my heartbeat sounds like from the inside. I […]
How Can I Enforce Healthy Boundaries?
Reader Question: How do I explain my boundaries with my family to those who think because I am a Christian, I should not have these boundaries? These are boundaries that have not been put in place lightly, ones I have dedicated to prayer and I feel they are appropriate and needed. But I am constantly […]
Will I Ever Get Over this Pain?
Question: Will there ever be a day on this earth, in this lifetime, where yet another layer of healing doesn’t unravel me? Elizabeth, I am so sorry for your pain. If we are honest, we know that suffering and sorrow are inevitable parts of life. Loved ones die. Dreams crumble. We lose things that were […]