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Poetry

Deep calls to deep

Deep calls to deep Deep calls to deep Soul calls to soul The silence The sound From the deepest places I seek your deepest self Where are you? Where have gone? My tears are my food My days have an oppressive tone I long for relief I long for you […]

Poetry

I long for you

I long for you I long for you Where can you be found? I long for flowing waters A safe place to lay me down Where have you gone? You seem so far away Darkness is around me Tears my only food I want a little taste A small glimpse […]

Poetry

Hope has Two Beautiful Daughters

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. I lose hope sometimes. It’s like the desired outcome seems a million miles away and a thousand dance moves have to […]

"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

I Curse The Day I Was Born

We can get angry to the point where we want to curse the day we were born, but being held in our anger allows us to go through and not around the pain. It was about time they got angry. As the words vomited at me, through me, and around […]

Mental health Spiritual Formation

To Reap in Joy you Need to Sow in Tears. Psalm 126

The only way there is through. To reap a joy, we sow a tear, but it’s work, hard work, so we don’t travel alone. We journey with safe others. I knew there had to be an ocean of loss behind the lifestyle mask they were wearing. For all the stories […]

Faith & Mental Health

Becoming Fire-Proof: Protecting Ourselves from Burnout

After years of teaching high school in downtown Los Angeles, my wife accepted a job four hours away. On top of my daily stressors of dealing with students and colleagues and deadlines at the school, I now moved to a tiny studio apartment, commuted to see my wife on weekends, and […]