Learning Forgiveness at Different Speeds
Or… How Shall We Then Forgive? Part 3 I’ve been reflecting more on my last post: the slow pace of relaxing my death grip on unforgiveness. If some of you…
My Encounter with the Tale of the Two Debtors
Or… How Shall We Then Forgive? Part 2 Maybe you’ve had this experience before: you’re consuming familiar content (a book, movie, soundtrack), and it suddenly hits you in a completely…
How Shall We Then Forgive? Part 1
Or… In Which I Start Writing About Forgiveness Forgiveness is simultaneously one of the most breathtaking and also gut-wrenching concepts I have found in the Bible. I have discovered myself…
Pandemic Losses and Finds
I’ve hit mental walls multiple times during this pandemic. Maybe you have too. The pandemic has required numerous and ever changing adaptations from us, which is exhausting. There has been…
God as our Secure Base
Attachment has been a subject of growing interest in the mental health field for some time. It is the relational bond that starts in infancy between a child and caregiver.…
Scripture Reading While Depressed
Some of the ideas I come up with are, let’s say… peculiar. Like the time I was clinically depressed and decided it would be a great time to read the…
“I Need a Safe Place”
Have you ever wondered what this sign stands for? I have. I assumed it helped lost children reconnect with their caregivers, but have discovered it is so much more. Recently…
Writing Elsewhere
This week I wrote at Fathom Magazine about family dynamics and my queer siblings: https://www.fathommag.com/stories/it-s-time-to-discuss-our-dysfunctional-family-dynamic
On Rumination and Talking to Myself
I frequently have ruminating thoughts. Sometimes they become verbal. Nate, thinking I am talking to him, will ask me what I said. At which point, I own up: “Never mind,…
When I Told My Christian Friend About My Antidepressant
I remember the look of shock on her face when I mentioned in passing that I was on an antidepressant. She was like, “But you’re a Christian counselor!” “Yea,” I…