Humans need freedom. We get caught up in what people might say – what they might think – keeping peace at all costs. That’s not who I am or have been, because people tried to tell me who I was and what I should think for too long. So my best direction has been to just let faith and hope lead me. . . But don’t let me tell … [Read more...]
Not Just Another Word
Most of us are trying to find a safe place to fall apart and get free to be able to feel the way we really do. Look around - the world is filled with hurting people and right now, you may be one of them. It's been hard. I think back to what I thought the word free meant growing up in a red, white and blue world. Not that it … [Read more...]
Bound or Freedom
The world is full of people who have not dealt with an old hurt. Have you ever spoken to someone who tells the same old story a thousand times of someone who offended them a thousand years ago? They rehearse and nurse the grudge until they have the grievance so memorized, you wonder how they could ever forget what happened to … [Read more...]
Sounds Greek To Me
If you’ve been born . . . someone has done something to hurt or offend you, and you have done something to hurt or offend another. So, that would mean we need to be forgiven and we need to be forgivers. There was a time in my life when it was easier to build high walls around numb places, where I didn’t have to forgive or care … [Read more...]