When we fall short of our expectations, shame rushes in. But when we react with humility, the antidote to shame, we rewrite the story.
When we fall short of our expectations, shame rushes in. But when we react with humility, the antidote to shame, we rewrite the story.
I came upon a pile of stones laid down 2,000 years ago when Jesus asked a question: Who among you will be the first to cast them?
Part One Heaven is here, or as Jesus put it, the “kingdom of God is in your midst.” Heaven as a place to earn remains a dominant myth even though that’s never how it’s described. And it’s not just here, Jesus said it’s hidden like treasure in a field. If you were born believ[...]
As a mother of two littles, my life has been transformed and, in many ways, simplified. They have transported me into another world.
Maybe the gift of marriage is the steady flow of conflict that allows us to see things we’d never see otherwise.
People that we trust will hurt us. In these moments of pain, we are called beyond vengeance to healing, not just ourselves but the world.
There are two voices, Shame and Soul, the person we learned to be and then who we are. They surface in suffering, and this is how they sound.