Week 2:On the Road to Healing-The Rock and a Hard Place

When my husband and I were dating, we hiked a rugged seven mile mountain trail to Phantom Lake–a remote body of water located at the peak of a glacial mountain.  Neither fond of prolonged hikes nor keen on tall ledges lacking stair rails, I relinquished any...
Week 1: On the Road to Healing–Liberating Hope

Week 1: On the Road to Healing–Liberating Hope

The eerie revelation to self that isolates one in the face of an sacred community. What is revealed is a moral inferiority that makes one vulnerable to irresistible forces. As a state of feeling, shame is fearful, chaotic, holistic and humbling. -Definition of shame...
An Uninvited Guest

An Uninvited Guest

When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him ,he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.  -Chinua Achebe He wasn’t invited…this interloper.  But some guests don’t require invitations and, like this one,...
The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

“I’ve become the invisible woman,” she said.  The other ladies in the group nodded knowingly.  Surprised at the shared sentiment, I wondered how each of them had arrived at a place of feeling unnoticed…inconspicuous…unseen.  Had their...

The Sinful Woman–a Portrait of His Grace

  As Jesus crossed the threshold, he heard the subtle murmurings of the other guests.  He’s here–the Teacher.  Curious gazes followed him as he joined the others at the table.  Simon’s home was well-appointed. A respected Pharisee, he had more wealth...