The small group re-traumatized me. As I drove home, my heart was heavy as I realized what had happened and wondered if it was possible to stay in a relationship with people who had no idea what our relationship was doing to me. Traumatized Trauma is “an emotional response to a terrible event.” I can’t…
No matter our religion or our Scripture of choice, humans have tremendous power over interpretation. I would go so far as to say that we determine to a large degree what we hear God saying to us. Most disturbingly, this happens without our awareness. Humans are most likely to believe what we hear or read…
I’ve missed a few of my weekly blog posts. I was on vacation, working on my book, and distracted by other matters. In particular, during the past week I went on a tangent as I spent time “talking about something that is only slightly or indirectly related to the original subject.” While I don’t regret…
Is it possible that every generation sings some version of “Give me that old-time religion?” I wouldn’t have thought so until I discovered that the song dates back to 1873. The lyrics don’t mention Jesus or His message, but they are nevertheless a staple of many Protestant hymnals and different iterations grace the airwaves of…
Digging deeper into the hidden questions in a passage and finding a richer way of living life.
My newfound friend rocked me back on my heels. We had been having an amiable conversation about a variety of topics – some of them potentially divisive but we sailed past them – when he said in a friendly tone, “If it came to that, I would sign up to fight in a civil war.”…