Hope is Not a Feeling
Hoping for more from CNY Wesleyan Women Ladies Retreat 2016? Here you go… because we all need to remember that hope … Read more…
Faith and Mental Illness
White Flags: Surrendering Our Battlegrounds
One thing that living with chronic depression has taught me is that we can’t manufacture hope. Hope has to be based … Read more…
Suicide Prevention Week: My Story
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Suicide Prevention Week is the Sunday – Saturday surrounding it. My Story In April, … Read more…
What I’m Reading: Still Life
Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression by Gillian Marchenko Wow. Just had to take a moment to … Read more…
An Olympic Effort: Run YOUR Race
It was interesting timing, reading 1 Corinthians 9. What with Simone Biles and Michael Phelps winning gold after gold, and making news … Read more…
Who am I? Living My Identity in Christ
Last week I talked about authenticity. So, who am I, really? Am I gloriously authentic? The End of Memory In his … Read more…
Glorious Authenticity
I was working on a different post for this week. Still am. I have several topics bouncing around in my brain, trying to … Read more…
Who Can Understand It?
It seems impossible to turn around without being confronted with a lie, a so-called half-truth, or a statement you can’t be … Read more…
Going Off Meds?
We went for a drive yesterday to a beautiful area in Northern New York. We’re usually up there several times a … Read more…
Spiritual Discipline: What Faith Alone Won’t Do
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Thousands of times… Faith doesn’t guarantee mental health. But that … Read more…
Mourning Sunlight
The name for the color that tinges the depression that dogs me today comes to mind unbidden as I struggle through … Read more…
For the Imperfectly Fathered
I was writing over at Defying Shadows this week. As it’s June, which is Men’s Health Month and the month of … Read more…