Category: reflection
Discerning Orthopathy (Right Feelings) and the Holy Spirit
by Heather Harney Emotions are finicky things that drive each of us either forward or careening backward into a corner. Feelings are not always accurate because the scar tissue we accumulate through life sometimes masks the truth of our pain, sadness, grief, and joy. We are told to test our emotions, to listen to them, ...
Confession
Avoid. Withdrawal. Elude. These three actions have taken the AWE out of my life. The moment I walked across the stage on December 17, 2016, to grab my empty degree shell, a large part of me dove into the most remote cavern of my soul. Once there, my imagination remained curled in the fetal position. ...
Tattered
Stations of the Cross are placed around the auditorium. Her favorite station is in front of the stage; a rugged wooden cross, standing seven feet tall, is there for anyone to nail their troubles, concerns, or pleas for forgiveness to. The act of driving a rusty square nail into a thin piece of paper and ...
Adjust your view…
"Maybe when you were born on the top of the mountain you could pretend the mountain didn't matter, but those who climbed it and those born at its base who could never climb at all knew differently.” ― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism While rereading Black Prism, I continually find myself grateful for an author, ...
Dreams are a wish…
"I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least." ~ C.S. Lewis Still tossing and turning, dreams crept in and transported me away from pain, insomnia, and sounds of Jay St. I found myself with others trying to get to Central Park in New York City. We got trapped ...
Do not let me . . .
Do everything without complaining and arguing, so that no one can criticize you. Live clean, innocent lives as children of God, shining like bright lights in a world full of crooked and perverse people. Hold firmly to the word of life; then, on the day of Christ’s return, I will be proud that I did ...
Love instead
If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers. 1 John 4:20-21 NLT There ...
How Long
2 Corinthians 5:18-20 "And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message ...
Nothing but grey skies
"Sometimes rain and cloudy skies are really blessings in disguise" Oregon is known for its grey days and temperamental rain. When the sun does appear in the sky, it is bright, so bright I have to wear shades (and yes, I did mean to use the line for the Cory Hart song). I love the ...
Six Steps Since 