From 8/24/2022. CBB This picture depicts Jesus on the boat with the disciples after speaking to the storm, “Peace, be still .” I’ve had this picture since 1997, the year of a fierce spiritual figurative “storm” in my life. It had hung...
From 8/24/2014. CBB Saw this on a friend’s facebook this morning……”Just because I cut someone out of my life does not mean I hate the person….it simply means I respect myself.” In recovery ministry we often have to help our...
8/24/2016. CBB I went for a massage today and was telling the massage therapist about my muscle aches and fever last week and that several folks had suggested fibromyalgia. One person on Facebook, however, had said, “Don’t receive that word.” Today the massage...
Our willingness to set or embrace boundaries is a function of the values we hold. It’s important to know what they are, which are non-negotiable and which are permeable and may be superceded by higher-ranking values. Titus 2 ladies today reviewed an...
“Hungering in my spirit is a testimony to the reality of my faith, a witness to the fact that I belong to God. Spiritual hunger is the requirement for your growth It will spur you on to growth in discipleship. Jesus consciously sought to divide his crowd, to...
People do change! Maybe not always quickly, but eventually…I had gotten a call last week from a former student from several years ago who had completed all her work, gotten an associates degree while with us and had moved on with her life. The last time I heard from...
“Some people think of empathy as a “soft” skill, but really it is the core of emotional intelligence, so it’s absolutely essential to positive relationships in the workplace (and everywhere). This thoughtful infographic reflects how little we usually know...
Today I drove from Eufaula, AL (in Barbour County, where I was born and where I visited a cousin this afternoon) to Montgomery to spend the night with my sister. In rural Barbour County, near Midway, I passed an historic marker that reminded me of an election...
CBB 8/18/2021 “True growth most often begins with a growing sense of dissonance. We are dissatisfied with the way things are. We are not the person we hoped we would become by now. Unheeded, this discontent can lead anywhere from a numbing affluence to a...
I I’m saving this! The way things are going in the world, I may need it. At least it beats eating bugs! THEY ARE CALLED WEEDS, BUT ARE SO HEALTHY Did you know that some weeds we are always worried about in our yards and Gardens are actually good for...
