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Lost and Found

by | May 15, 2024 | Comfort, grief

So….., I had been looking for my wedding rings for a week. Not even 30 minutes after posting about my fear that I might not find them (and feeling the sick sense of loss in my gut and praying for God to give me grace to accept their loss, if that was to be the case),...

Titus 2 Update

by | May 9, 2024 | Titus 2 Partnership

I developed a series of re-parenting classes based on Biblical principles and have taught them now for over 16 years as I’ve discipled women in life recovery. With the Titus 2 Ministry’s move away from 24/7 residential recovery care to out patient and community care,...

Prophet-able Fun or Fact?

by | Apr 12, 2024 | Imagination

You might be a prophet if… You’re combative. A prophet insists on battling bunkum and speaking truth to power with zero regard for honorariums or a Dove Award for being Prophet of the Year. You tell the hard truth in tough love. You weep before you whip. You...

In Dark Nights

by | Apr 7, 2024 | Depression

I visited with a person who is in the midst of what was self- described as a “dark night of the soul” with depression and some health problems. I was reminded of something that I was told years ago by a pastor in a time of “darkness”……He said, “Go into the grave. Die...

“All Sin Equal?”

by | Apr 7, 2024 | Teaching

If all sin is equal……. “Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.” Jesus’ own words. He also didn’t prescribe a millstone for just anything. (@seantology on Twitter) Sexual sin against children is right up there with premeditated serial...

God Laughs

by | Apr 2, 2024 | memories, smiling, Uncategorized

As I reflected on how much importance April 1st has had on my life and reading and hearing so many funny April Fool’s Day jokes and pranks yesterday, it occurred to me how apropos this little sign truly is that is sitting on my dining table, not only for my...

Beagle Daisy

by | Mar 29, 2024 | pets, principal of replacement

3/29:2017 Bill observed a scene in a TV series in which one character after being jailed unjustly and released said, “Sanity was touch and go there for a while.” He laughed and said, “I can relate. Here I am 6’5″, 250 lbs. and I have felt...

Boundaries and Differentiation

by | Mar 29, 2024 | Uncategorized

The importance of establishing healthy boundaries and a well- developed, positive, values-based self-identity when dealing with dysfunctional family members: “The core of Murray Bowen’s articulation of Family Systems Theory is the concept of differentiation:...