The new year morning started quiet with the stillness of a bitter crisp cold. The sky is a white grey covering over the white frosty colorless ground. The only movement is the constant flutter of birds at the feeder and the consistent flow of the pond water fall. Both seem to mock the power of the ... Read More about Focus for the New Year: Looking Forward, Reaching for What is Ahead.
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The Gift of Presences – Never Alone
It is Christmas Eve.The morning is cold and bright, the world is whirling, winding up for the event of Christmas Day. The media is a constant cascade of pitches for last minute shopping and preparations, mingled with warm stories of giving and well wishes.I sit alone in this still house with the ... Read More about The Gift of Presences – Never Alone
Wounds to Wonder, the Joy of Christmas
The end of the year brings a surge of suffering souls seeking wise counsel as they try to survive this "joyous" time of year."I always dread this time of year" are words often uttered through taunt faces accompanied by that heavy sigh of burden.The counseling office is fragrant with a soft smell ... Read More about Wounds to Wonder, the Joy of Christmas
Beauty Recovered, Releasing Fear
God created us by love and created us to love. Life teaches us to fear and to be defined by fear. How did we lose our intended perspective of being a loved creation of God? The lies of fear are laid down in our brains from early childhood. Our immature brains are egocentric and the every actions ... Read More about Beauty Recovered, Releasing Fear
Facing Fear with Faith
True Words from God: You are adopted and have sonship.*God sent you the Holy Spirit of His Son into your heart, crying Abba Father.*You did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption.*The Lord will take you up adopt you as His child.*He has anointed you ... Read More about Facing Fear with Faith