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Seven Ways To Recognize God When Seeds Scatter
Laughing out loud when my husband shared the story, I soon recovered my composure enough to wonder what my neighbor was thinking now. Maintaining a large backyard garden, he plants dozens of seeds each year. Having a small variety of melon and pumpkin seeds left, on...
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
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
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, quickly...
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 identities been swallowed by...
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 than most and...
The Promise of the First Beatitude
http://a.images.blip.tv/Art21-KimsoojaABeggarWomanAHomelessWoman316.jpg She stood near the street corner not far from a Kwik-Way gas pump--a crude cardboard sign in her hands. Please help. Money needed. The hastily written words left no space for pretense. The...
