When the Sink Breaks, You Call a Plumber
“When the sink breaks, you call a plumber.” I was describing a friend who had been struggling with anxiety for months, and who finally decided to see a psychiatrist. She…
“When the sink breaks, you call a plumber.” I was describing a friend who had been struggling with anxiety for months, and who finally decided to see a psychiatrist. She…
Rest is a challenge for almost all of us in our frantic and distracted world. For anyone who is longing to stop and rest and delight but feels stuck in…
Belovedness and belonging. Honesty, humility, and hope as movements towards healing. Bringing our brokenness under God’s blessing. In the next two weeks, I have four different speaking opportunities where I…
“Your embodiment is always telling a story.” –Hillary McBride, The Wisdom of Your Body What would happen if we assumed that our body is always telling a story? What if…
Healing is exhausting. At least that is what I've been thinking as I'm recovering from oral surgery. I’ve needed my ice packs and my smoothies and my soup. And I’ve…
What if healing is a process of spiraling upward? I know it’s not really a thing we see in nature. We see spiraling downward. The maple key that twirls through…
God’s love is the answer to depression. I know that’s the type of declarative statement I’m not supposed to make. I know that religion has often been the opposite of…
If you are in a place of brokenness and heartache right now, the invitation to you is to be honest about that pain and humble in asking for help from…
I need to have two teeth extracted. Two back molars, to be more precise. It’s a new chapter in an old story. I had root canals on those teeth in…
I’ve been thinking about philoxenia lately, which is the Greek word for hospitality. It literally means “love of the stranger.” (Contrast it with xenophobia, fear of the stranger.) I often…