My car is back in the shop today for some of its 140,000 mile service after a quick oil change and airbag warranty service yesterday….It’s 2006 Honda Element I’ve had 3 years and it had 53,000 miles when I got … Read More
I had written on Facebook about praying on Monday this past week about the two women at Titus 2 and reminding God that he had promised to bring women to us for help. Truth be told, as I prayed about … Read More
7-9-17 Luke 15: 11-20 The Prodigal Son, Scenes 1 and 2. I call your attention to verse16. The young man had squandered all he had. He was in a miserable place. He was hungry. He was in … Read More
Today I heard James McDonald talking about families…specifically he was referencing Hannah, a grieving barren woman and how she took her pain and pleading to where it belonged….. to God….not to her husband. In talking about the issue of where … Read More
“Living amends”…..walking the talk. A lot of people in recovery feel regrets, surrender resentments, and make apologies during Steps 8&9 in the Twelve Step process. That is one’s personal responsibility. In recovery, however, you cannot determine or demand that another … Read More
Reflection on Psalm 51 and the Heart of Transformative Change Psalm 51: 7, 10 “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow…….. Create in me a clean heart, O … Read More
Lift High the Cross of Sin and Shame We Bear I had a long ride today to deliver a Titus 2 student’s children back to their grandparents. On the way over the kids and she and I talked about “nicknames” … Read More
Part of my call to ministry and passion in gifting is in addressing the social and institutional stigma directed at individuals with mental health diagnoses of depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar, unresolved grief immobilization and others. I was blessed to have … Read More
Over the years, working with women and families in conditions of poverty has been enlightening. I hesitate to say “dire poverty”, because “poverty” is a relative term……Consider the poverty of people in Third World communities who lack clean drinking water … Read More
The philosophy presented in the link below, it has been reported, represents the basis on which some recovery programs deny any use of psychiatric medications, often coupled with a religious view that dismisses God’s participation in medical science’s advances. While psychiatry and … Read More