As I left my weekly counseling session, I was emotionally raw. An old friend called and asked “How’s the PTSD?” Even though the words of deep concern came from an old friend, the question got under my skin. How do you think it is? Everything you’d think it might be, only more. I paused beforeContinue reading “What Healing Looks Like (for me)”
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Sitting in the Morning Silence
I find myself awake far too early. But, it’s one of those mornings where it doesn’t matter what time the alarm clock says—laying in bed, pretending to be asleep doesn’t help. Now I’m sitting here, in the dark, surrounded by silence. Our orange tabby, Boss, sits next to me, resting on the arm of ourContinue reading “Sitting in the Morning Silence”
Saturday in the Word | The Beauty in our Hurts
“The only friend I have left is Darkness…”is how Heman the Ezrahite chose to close his psalm of pain. Psalm 88 has been painted as the darkest corner of the Psalms. A friend once observed how the psalms are a journal of our human experience—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Being human is hard,Continue reading “Saturday in the Word | The Beauty in our Hurts”
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