Healing

September 3, 2017

100% of Statistics Are Just Numbers

Mark Twain popularized the saying: “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” But even when statistics are an accurate representation of the truth, they amount to nothing more than numbers. It’s easy to ignore outrageous statistics, like the fact that in...

Christian Living Comments: 5

March 8, 2017

Showing My Scars

This Saturday I’ll be speaking at a conference called Shattering Stigma with Stories. I attended this event last year and experienced the powerful and informative stories of real people who struggle with mental illnesses, including anorexia, depression, and bipolar disorder. One of my writing friends, Leanne...

Mental Health Comments: 13

March 2, 2017

Pondering 1984

I’m a big fan of dystopian literature, like Brave New World by Aldous Huxley and 1984 by George Orwell. I don’t know what draws me to this kind of story of a society gone wrong while attempting to make everything perfect (at least for some). I recently started...

Pro-Life Comments: 0

December 24, 2016

Messy Presents

We want our presents in pretty paper All wrapped up in a shiny neat bow We want our faith to be the same So our doubts and struggles never show Yet the greatest gifts aren’t neat and tidy Like the manger birth steeped in blood...

Poetry Comments: 7

August 18, 2016

My Story – a Haiku

This morning at the Oregon Christian Writers conference, Sarah Thebarge (author of The Invisible Girls) challenged her memoir writing class to tell our stories as a poem. As a greater challenge she suggested a Haiku. Here’s what I wrote. Innocence stolen Nothing heals, despair sets...

Poetry Comments: 2

February 12, 2016

What have I learned from my pain Have I endured without any gain From the trauma and the guilt The wall of fear that I built I do know it has taught me compassion Such as I see when I ponder His Passion Blessed to...

Poetry Comments: 0

August 15, 2015

Stop Throwing Stones

If you spend any time on social media and have conservative Christian friends or follow conservative Christian feeds, then no doubt you have seen numerous posts lately decrying the murder of innocent babies. Especially with the anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the release of...

Pro-Life Comments: 8

August 1, 2015

Broken

Youth and innocence lost Broken on the inside Ever to pay the cost For another’s misdeed Grace and forgiveness found Restored and unbroken Praise – a beautiful sound A sacrifice given

Poetry Comments: 0

December 16, 2014

Without a Wound?

I don’t usually reblog stuff. There is enough bouncing around in my own head that needs to get out onto my blog. But I just reread Without a Wound? on the Broken Believers blog. I cry every time I read it. This thought that “Without your...

Mental Health Comments: 2

February 11, 2014

Matthew’s Gospel – A Cinquain

Matthew Jesus’ account Loving, healing, teaching ultimately giving His life Ransom

Poetry Comments: 5

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100% of Statistics Are Just Numbers

Showing My Scars

Pondering 1984

Messy Presents

My Story – a Haiku

Healing

Broken

Without a Wound?

Matthew’s Gospel – A Cinquain

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100% of Statistics Are Just Numbers

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