We are made for more than healing, and we are made for more than freedom.” Adam Young Therapy. It has had negative and positive connotations in history and has been the subject of satire and seriousness. We are searching for…
We are made for more than healing, and we are made for more than freedom.” Adam Young Therapy. It has had negative and positive connotations in history and has been the subject of satire and seriousness. We are searching for…
In the spring of 2000, I had just graduated from college and taken my first job. The work was straightforward but not rewarding, and the rather ordinary tasks left me unfulfilled as I figured out what would happen next. My…
I met Nigel in December of 2018. After a years-long wait, I landed in a nursing job that had regular business hours, and that would allow me to have the time to commit to being a dog momma. My landlady…
by Bridget Holtz & Danielle Knight It’s been a long while since we could stand, sit, or just be next to our fellow humans without having to take extra health precautions or automatically think, “Does he/she have the virus?” I’m sure…
So, here we are. Perhaps you have sat with my last blog or have meditated on the verses from Sirach, which both caution us against false friends and comfort us with the qualities of true friends. After my last post, I found…
Editor’s Note: This is part 1 of a 2-part series on Toxic Relationships by contributor, Bridget Holtz. In this fallen world, we will encounter and experience pain. We witness from our earliest years that wounding, injury, and patterns of unhealthy love…
We keep saying it: “This is an unprecedented time.” We open emails with, “How are you doing in the midst of this craziness?” We are all feeling a change, an uncertainty, a distance, and an internal conversation in regards to…
I was born in the 1970s, the era of yellow shag carpet, avocado refrigerators, and deep brown kitchen cupboards. From this must remain my aversion to olive-green and mustard-colored accessories! This era then shifted into the dusty pinks and country-blues…
I have been living in this lesson for decades. As a patient and understanding person, it takes quite a bit to upset me. I will forgive the mistakes and offenses of others, and will gladly intervene with compassion in a…
It has been seven years since I served as a volunteer in Haiti, a time that was precious, blessed, traumatic, challenging, joyful, and heartbreaking. When I returned to the US in 2013, I struggled through a difficult transition, facing reverse…
