There Is A Place

There is a place.  A place where the color palette we know exceeds its limitations.  Where the expansiveness of eternity wraps itself around time as we know it, turning days into millenniums.  Where distant galaxies are not mysteries to uncover but marvels to behold and become one with.  In this place, there is a mat…

Remember to Remember

Do you remember the things that inspire you to smile? Do you remember that you have spoken healing words from lips that frown now? Do you remember that you have painted masterpieces of joy over the canvases of sadness many times before? Do you remember that your hands have created beauty? That your genes have multiplied sunshine into the earth?

Waiting for the Worst

I have found that even when I am well for extended periods of time, I still have to contend with looking over my shoulder.

Making the Church a Sanctuary

As a result, people who struggle with mental illness don’t always associate ‘sanctuary’ with ‘church.’ Many different encounters within the church’s sacred walls prove otherwise.

A Goodness So Great

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed, in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things – Ecclesiastes 11:5 (NIV) Today I was thinking and talking about how the mystery of God makes people uncomfortable. Sometimes, if we can’t explain Him…

Good Hurt

It happens as easily as it disappears. That moment when I feel glued to my bed, molasses for brains, and a blunted affect. Whoever said feeling nothing doesn’t hurt, lied. Numbness is a wrecking emotion. It’s like the eye of a hurricane, where the center of the ring is ominously calm, but the eyewall rages…

Even The Silence Cries Out

I’ve learned some things from silence. I’ve been indulging in it lately. The TV remains off, the music will play occasionally, but silence has been a mainstay these days. You know..the kind of silence where the only sound that can interrupt your thoughts is the electricity pulsing through the refrigerator in the kitchen. Or a…

Today I Showed Up

I am as good as my last internal dialogue and the latest conversations within me…