As we prepare to enter this New Year of 2022, I am asking God for wisdom in all areas of my life. I am deliberately carving out time to listen for Him to guide me. I am coming to Him with my burdens and cares and asking Him to give me rest. The 23 Psalm [...]
FOCUSING ON WHAT IS GOOD The other day in a moment of frustration I said something unloving and unkind to my 13 year old daughter. We were under pressure to get something done and because I was perceiving her as not helping, I lashed out at her. Later I apologized and tried to tell [...]
BREATHE IN HEALING We have all heard the phrase “the breath of life”. In Genesis God breathed into Adam and Eve to bring them to life. In Acts, Paul tells us that God gives to all people “life and breath and all things”. Every moment we are alive we are breathing. Taking time to [...]
ASSURANCES FROM GOD “During the night the Lord said to Gideon, “Get up, go down against the camp, because I am going to give it into your hands. If you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah and listen to what they are saying. Afterward you will be [...]
Living here in Florida we are well acquainted with storms. And it seems like they are happening more frequently than ever. What about the storms we face in our day to day lives? With the pandemic, our economy, and all of the unknowns it can seem like we are moving from one crisis to [...]
This essay by April Reese was published on August 10, 2021 in PSYCHE, a digital magazine from AEON https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-brain-responds-to-grief-can-change-who-we-are/ It focuses on the complexity, individuality (as compared to the previously believed universality) of the manifestations of grief, as well as the bodily and brain changes that it induces. I thought it would be of [...]
