I am now in my forties. For many years, I said that while my “ideal self” gardened, my real self never did. I’m not sure exactly what held me up. A few moves, worries about critters eating stuff, and probably more than a little intimidation fueled by inexperience. But this year, I finally did it….
My pain intensifies, and I want to quit. But the voice encourages me to keep going, pushing through my aches and fatigue. When it’s finally time to lay down the heavy weight I have been carrying, I experience a sense of relief—and a sense of accomplishment. I’ve made it through another Body Pump class! My…
Have you ever felt like you’re walking in the dark? Like you’re invisible to everyone else who seems to be getting along just fine? Have you ever felt this way in a church? I’m going to be honest with you right up front: I have long struggled to find peace, comfort, and hope in church….
For years, I clung to the notion that bad decisions led to bad stories and good decisions led to good stories. I desperately and naïvely wanted to believe this was true—that we had some control over our stories. But we know it isn’t true, don’t we? We live in a broken world, and our stories…
In The Book of Forgiving, Archbishop Desmond Tutu uses the example of being cut off in traffic to demonstrate our ability to choose our response in any given situation. One choice is to take it personally and become angry, which will not lead to anything positive. It will increase his blood pressure and negatively affect…
I don’t think anyone chose the word anxiety as their Word of the Year for 2020 or 2021, but I know many of us felt like it was chosen for us. For some of us, anxiety is a feeling that comes and goes, and for others, it’s more like the backdrop of the rest of…