My husband, Bill, has dubbed me a turtle conservationist. I carry a plastic pad in the back of my SUV so that I can rescue errant turtles that make their way onto the roadways around our area. I’ve rescued some big ones and some small ones. Once a toddler...
When people change their email addresses or change service providers, they may send out a “test” message. They want to make sure that their messages are coming through, that they are still connected to others. The perception of the internet seems to be...
Recently, I was visiting with a woman about her spiritual growth. She expressed grief over how, in spite of her faith in God, she had repeatedly relapsed in her alcohol addiction. As we talked about her spiritual life, something occurred to me and I shared with her...
From Friday mid-afternoon to Saturday evening, I drove for 16 hours, with a night’s sleep and several stops for food along the way to delivering grandchildren back to their parent’s care. The drive was mostly up Interstate 65 through the state of Alabama...
(This post contains some information from a post in October 2008) For several years I have taught the Beatitudes as a process through which one goes from brokenness to healing, spiritually and emotionally. Since it is my practice to consider the spiritual aspect of a...
Matthew 7:7-8 “Ask and it shall be given to you, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it shall be opened.” It has always been interesting to me how, when...
Because of my staff job at a church, there are some Sundays that I don’t even get into the sanctuary for worship…..instead I am teaching, counseling, handling an emergency, or looking for a curriculum resource for a teacher or home group leader. Today was...
When I chose to get state certified as a substance abuse recovery support specialist, I was essentially making two commitments – to develop and maintain a degree of professional competence through continuing education in addiction issues and to be available to...
It’s been a while since I posted on mental health issues. I find that many people in my church and among my acquaintances, knowing of my experience with depression and of my having led a depression impact group for six and a half years, refer people who are...
After what has been essentially a decade long journey, a good friend of mine finally received official notification yesterday that she will be ordained as an elder in the United Methodist Church at our annual conference in June. She’s been a minister now for...
