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Music Mondays: Skyscraper by Demi Lovato
Yes, I am admitting that I am a Demi Lovato fan. Deal with it… There have been times when I feel like my depression has taken everything from me and broken my spirit in ways that are inexplicable. I’ve...
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It’s Time to STOP Planning
So I’ve failed miserably. Once again, I set the bar so friggin high and when I realized that I couldn’t reach it, I just stopped trying. You may remember at the beginning of Lent I had this amazing...
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Stop and Stare
One of my favorite and most helpful therapists is a woman named Dr. Meg*. Dr. Meg was one of the first people to tell me to look at my marriage and other things in my life that weren’t life-giving. She...
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I Am Light by India.Arie
I have been feeling like the darkness is threatening to take over I almost went under and had to be reminded I am light. Hopefully, this will remind you too.
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We Wear the Mask – A Sermon on Suicide by Rev. Tiffany Thomas
We Wear the Mask By: Paul Lawrence Dunbar, 1896 We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding...
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YOU ARE NOT.
You are not the thoughts that creep up and around and through you, thoughts that insist that you are not good enough. Thoughts that make you recoil in shame and wonder how anyone might love you. You...
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Planning Hope
The Rev. John Clausen was the father of my dear friend Sarah who died after a battle with Cancer in 2012. John was a writer and I thought this poem was very appropriate for anyone who struggles and...
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Butterfly Confessions meets Embracing My Shadow
Have you ever had a moment or series of moments that led you to recognize that something great was happening? That something or someone was making all the dots connect? That your journey – the pain,...
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A Word on Breath
As I took the train home tonight, I had a hard time catching my breath. Tears fell from my eyes as I thought about all that has happened in the past week. Here’s the thing – at any given time in our...
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A Word on Publicly Embracing My Shadow
Saturday, July 18, 2015 is a day I will never forget. I had the distinct pleasure and honor to be a speaker at the 2015 ELCA Youth Gathering. When it was announced that I was speaking, many people sent...
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