Posts Tagged ‘spiritual awakening’
When Reality Becomes a Trigger Word
The road to hell might be paved with good intentions, but you won’t find that road on Facebook or its picture book cousin, Instagram. I recently experienced the power of their clandestine computer-driven algorithms with two recent back-to-back daily devotion posts (see above and below.) Going from several hundred views a day to seven. Weekday…
Read MoreAutumn Has Arrived: Released from Regret
Learning from and honoring my history but no longer ensnared in it. Love lives in the present. Love is never about entrapping us in the past or entangling our future (only God knows what will be.)
Read MoreThe Smelly Man at Walmart: Living the Gift Humility
Even now, as I walk in the grace and mercy of God, I find myself in judgement of others. Disappointed with myself when I recognize it. Delighted that God has humbled my heart to help me recognize when I fall short of honoring my neighbor.
Read MoreIt Really is About the Content You Keep
We live in a culture drowning in sound and pictures. We are inundated with advertisements and pleas to buy this thing or that experience. Based on the false premise that it will change our life, or allow us to keep up with the Joneses or the Kardashians.
Read MoreThe Heart I Hid and The Stuff I Saved
I spent my entire teenage years pretending to be someone I wasn’t because I didn’t want to lose my reputation and my place in the world.
Read MoreWhy My Spiritual Awakening Is a Political Awakening
My spiritual awakening uprooting my political world view. Demolishing long held beliefs I had about American institutions and the values of those “in charge.”
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