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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. ...
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, ...
Moments of beauty…
“Moments of beauty sustain us through hours of ugliness.” ― Brent Weeks, The Black Prism The other night, I was talking with a friend about an author's work. I like this author--he writes about humanity's harshness and desire for power without constructing a plot line that buries the heart of his message under fluff and rhetorical ...
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 ...
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 ...
Intercessor
Romans 8:26-27 "In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with ...
Six Steps Since 