I have referenced before educator Dr. Ruby K. Payne and her book, Bridges Out of Poverty, that helped me so much to understand the hidden rules associated with the three broad socio-economic classes. Another book of hers, A Framework for Understanding Poverty, was...
There may be multiple ways to be ordained as clergy. But being ordained as a deacon, however it is accomplished, is not nearly as important as simply being obedient to God. And I have believed for 10 years that I was being obedient to God in following this call! On...
One of the issues we revisit regularly in recovery and discipling is the matter of suffering- why it is present, how we face it, consecrating it to God for His redemptive work through it, etc. Recently, I was struck with the fact that, in the New Jerusalem, the...
Hey Mrs. Cathy! I wanted to forward this to you so that you might share it with the ladies at Titus 2! God never ceases to amaze me and make my heart smile!! I was talking to the ladies when we were sitting together about them getting jobs and how faithful God is to...
In one of J.D. Walt’s Lenten devotionals in his new book “This Is How We Know”, he shares a poem by Robert Frost: “Nothing Gold Can Stay”. Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to...
Procrastinator’s hope: “The nice thing about things that are urgent is that if you wait long enough they aren’t urgent anymore.” Amos Tversky, psychologist It is interesting how, when life goes off the rails, one can completely disengage from...
Several people attempted to convince me of the value of the Enneagram in counseling 20 years ago. I wanted nothing to do with it. A spiritual friend I see occasionally lives and breathes its principles. For years I had heard nothing about it from anyone, with...
Life today is so much more peaceful, calm, and joy-filled than it was a year ago and in the 4 years prior to that. So many life changes converged in that season of my life, from the time of the start of our home addition and my Father’s death in 2013 to the end...
Rubye Payne began training educators on the “hidden rules of classes” in her 2001 book, Bridges Out of Poverty.” As one considers these generalizations regarding socioeconomic differences about use of money, relationships, work, recreation, and more,...
A visitor to Titus 2 was interested in our process of receiving applications and screening prospective students. I told her about the various ways that women are referred to us- by detox units, hospitals, pastors, family members, case managers in various social...
