Hope – The Bridge Between Surrender and Faith
Step 2: “Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity.” There is a saying, “God does for us what we can’t do for ourselves.”…
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Before God, Healing or Hope
In my world the next move is always unknown. Tomorrow is not welcome. Yesterday is a mystery. Today is a blend of fear, anger and intoxication. I can no longer locate my…
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Warning: Reinvention
When I was a college theatre major, I first encountered the 1927 Fritz Lang film, “Metropolis.” The silent movie comments on class structure and the industrial age. But what also…
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What do you Sa-a-a-ay
“In everything give thanks…” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 When my aunt was a little girl, while visiting family friends, she and my grandparents were given some bread for lunch. She was…
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Marco Polo
When I was a child, I once had a nightmare which sent me sleepwalking…all the way outside. That’s right, even though I had no memory of doing so, I got…
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Forgiveness is a Process, Not an Event
A forgiving person has no past. An unforgiving person has no future. What is Forgiveness? Forgiveness is Not to… • Condone • Forget • Tolerate • Ignore • Approve •…
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I Want That
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the toy ads which ran in between cartoons. As an only child, coming from a dysfunctional, abusive home, I learned early…
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My Entire Life (The In-Process-ness of Recovery)
“My entire life can be described in one sentence: it didn’t go as planned and that’s okay.” Rachel Wolchin I’m a Type A kind of person, making perpetual lists, usually…
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The Amusement Factor
Summer is all about amusement parks. Roller coasters, cotton candy, giant stuffed bears as prizes and the promise of fun at every turn. Kinda like addiction. In my Christian faith,…
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The “Snail on a Turtle Thing” About Glory
“But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the…
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