Peace in the storm

Little child so filled with fear, I wish your mom had held you near, Had hugged you when you felt so scared, And let you know that someon...

What do you do when the floor drops out from under you? When you are shaken to your very core? When you can't understand what is going o...

Right now in therapy we are working on processing a traumatic memory from my high school years using EMDR . One of these days I should get a...

Yesterday afternoon I went to see Disney•Pixar's newest feature, Inside Out . I've been anticipating this movie's release for th...

In less than 3 weeks Disney•Pixar's newest feature film will make its debut in theaters across the country. The June issue of The Atlant...

In about two months, Disney•Pixar's newest feature film, Inside Out , will be released in theaters. Always a sucker for Disney•Pixar and...

A couple months ago, I got angry at my therapist. She hadn't done anything to hurt me or offend me or provoke me. I was just mad. So I s...

Bearing the image of Him who made you But your nature has betrayed you, You're a sinner all the way through— Dad is not God. Fallen ...

In the last few verses of The Parable of the Prodigal Son, the older son and the father speak about the younger (and “prodigal”) son who has...

Help! I am fallen down where Emotions press me sore. Loosen these chains. “Oh, Please!” I cry out softly. Mend my brokenness, and End m...

Sometimes I get stuck…. OK, a lot of times I get stuck. Especially when it comes to emotions. I get stuck feeling anxious, sad, scared, or ...

The word of the L ord came to the priest Ezekiel during the first wave of Babylonian captivity. … “Thus says the Lord G od : I will gather...

I dismiss my holy Father in heaven. I dismiss His mercy and grace and forgiveness. I dismiss His strength and power and might. I dismiss His...

Hey, little baby [J], The first letter I wrote to you was really mean. [My therapist] wanted me to rewrite that letter. At first I didn...

I just finished reading Wladyslaw Szpilman's The Pianist and rereading Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild . Both books include accounts o...

Often when I read the Bible, I forget that the people I am reading about really lived. They had the same physical experiences we have: they ...

All quotes below are from the following Open Access sources and are solely intended for the education of the reader: Norrholm, S. D., ...

Fear forcing past into present Or present into past? Heart, lungs, beating and breathing fast Post-shame, post-guilt, post-pain: What co...

Intellect says, I believe that God created the heavens and the earth in six days and on the seventh day He rested (Gen 1:1–2:23); I believ...