A Wellness Path

Getting Well Staying Well Helping Others Relationships

I’m Seeing Four Types of Power

Four types of power play a part in our lives, but the power that will transform you enters your ditch and is with you. I’ve seen it all. Through the eyes of my half-dead body, I watch them come, look, and then go. Will no one stop to do what […]

Getting Well Staying Well Relationships

A Love That Crosses A Line

When we’re half dead and want to be fully alive, we need a love that crosses a line. He was half dead. She had been stripped naked. They had worked him over, taking enjoyment from the assault. I leaned down over her nakedness and heard a whisper, ‘Help me.’ I […]

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The Making of a Void

There is a kind of loneliness that feels like a huge void has been opened up, and you’re broken on the other side. But there is one that crosses the void to bring connection. I’m still trying to understand why they avoided me. They knew I was in a mess, […]

Mental health Spiritual Formation

Falling Into the Hands of Robbers and Thieves

It’s a human experience to know the trauma of falling into the hands of robbers and thieves, but there is one who joins us in our ditch. I was robbed a few years ago. I had parked my truck in a parking lot and had gone into a shop to […]

Getting Well Staying Well Relationships

The Shape of You

What’s your shape? I’m not talking about your body shape, i.e., weight, tall, thin, short, or wide. I’m more interested in who you are under the skin. What has happened to shape you into the person you are? What is your personality like? What do you like to eat? Favorite […]

Getting Well Staying Well Relationships

Lines

We all have lines around us. Mostly invisible. People cross the lines, and we are hurt, but we also cross the lines of others. The line had been crossed so many times that they were losing their own personal identity. Bullies, thugs, robbers, and thieves had crossed over into their […]

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For your Mental Health Co-Create with God

You may feel alone, but you have a purpose, and that is to co-create with God, so lets L.O.F.O. Recently a friend asked me to pray for them. It caught me by surprise, but as I listened to the struggle they were facing, I felt it was a privilege to […]

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Nine Key Learnings from Writing 500 Blog Posts

Writing blog posts over many years teaches you many things, but what are the key learnings? Knowing these can help you create words that connect. This blog post recognizes the momentous occasion of publishing 500 posts. Some posts are from guest writers, but most are from my authorship. Five hundred […]

"A person looking out toward a vast, soft-lit sky or sitting in a reflective pose, symbolizing the search for divine love."

Getting Well Staying Well

Does God Hate Me?

One tough moment after another can bring you to the question, ‘Does God hate me’? But I want to know more, so I sit with those at the coal face and grow in my knowing. No one knows coal like a coal miner. I could go to a scientist and […]

Getting Well Staying Well Spiritual Practices

Where Do You Find Delight?

Life can go on and on from day to day, but when we stop to notice little moments of delight, something profound can begin to grow—hope, joy, and thankfulness. Bible stories come alive. For me, there is nothing quite like sinking my teeth into a perfectly ripe Black Doris plum […]