I’m done with easy-to-swallow Christian catch phrases. You know the ones: God is good all the time. If he brought you to it, he’ll bring you through it. Let go, and let God. Only God knows—he’s in control. These statements aren’t necessarily false, but they don’t capture the whole story, either. They often represent a…
When I was three years old, I got lost. Really, really lost. My grandma had been in a car accident, and my mom drove to the next town over to help. It was the middle of the night, and she left me sleeping in the back seat of her car so she could run into…
Cleaning out closets is not a chore I particularly love, but I do love the feeling I get when the chore is done. The purging of all the useless junk that has been taking up space feels good. It feels like a burden has been lifted. Old clothes, items not needed anymore, random papers and…
If I’m honest, there’s so much about this time in which we live that I do not want. I do not want to live in a time when selfishness overrides our love for others, when global pandemics rearrange our lives, or with unlimited, unfettered technology that impacts every square inch of the way we live….
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. (Heb. 4:12 ESV) I winced. Here comes the needle. I’d already been poked earlier that day, and the phlebotomist had had trouble finding…
It’s dangerous when we marry Christian theology with cultural lies of toxic positivity, especially during something like the devastating coronavirus pandemic. As a practicing psychotherapist, I am aware of how brave it is for my clients to share their hurts with me when they have not been given a chance to release their sorrows to…