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Kristin Hersh, Darkness, Mental Disorders, Writing as Therapy, Inside Out:...
“Kristin Hersh is my Spirit Animal” (earthsnottending) Mental illness is all in how you look at it. For me, it’s been a blessing. I like seeing the world from the peculiar angles and through the...
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Rest for Your Weary Soul : Delight in Disorder Tuesday
Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. (Psalm 116:7) One of the marks of bipolar disorder is a sense of restlessness. Often, I struggle a great deal with this. I pace. I sit....
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The Walmart Way: Pursuit of Happiness (6)
Monica dropped Steven off at the Walmart entrance 15 minutes before his team meeting was scheduled to start. “I’ll pick you up at noon,” she smiled. “Are you all prepared?” “I guess so,” he said,...
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Dreams of God
God speaks to us through our dreams. God may give you a vision of what your life will become. Through our dreams, God may reveal to us what we are called to do, who we are called to be with, how our...
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The Rain Prophet (a prompted parable)
Four weeks and the rains still hadn’t come. The air was parched and stale. The ground was cracked with lines like on the Wise Man’s face. The corn was spiked and wasn’t even as high as a...
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Declaring Independence
Today (July 4) Americans celebrate our Declaration of Independence from “British tyranny” (as it was then perceived.) It was primarily a declaration of economic and political independence (a reaction...
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Joy Touched with Pain (for M. and S.)
“I thank Thee more that all our joy Is touched with pain That shadows fall on brightest hours, That thorns remain; So that earth’s bliss may be our guide And not our chain.” ~ Adelaide A. Procter...
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God’s Mysterious Ways
God is a mystery to us. God lies beyond our ability to comprehend, or even imagine. As God says through the prophet Isaiah, “My ways are not your ways; my thoughts not your thoughts.” God is a mystery...
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Chaos Revisited
The Chaos of my childhood Was much more looming. With beastly steel balls Streaming down the wire tracks Only to be carried back Like a Sisyphean roller coaster ride I used to play within the shadow of...
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The Hard Work of Peaceful Relationships
14 Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up...
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Miracles, Broken Strings, Suicide and Hemorrhoids: Mental Health Monday
“Everyday Miracles!” (Beth-Sarah Wright, Ph.D.) Exercise is one of those everyday miracles that we have at our finger tips, yet sometimes such a challenge to fill. When I came off my meds two years...
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Escaping the Pain: Delight in Disorder Tuesday
In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, “Flee like a bird to your mountain… (Psalm 11:1) When I first began to experience the symptoms of bipolar disorder, I tried to escape them...
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What’s Your Hurry: Reflection on Exodus 16.22-30
“What’s Your Hurry?” This was the title of the sermon at the Mayberry Christian church. The sermon, and this episode of Andy Griffith was about the Sabbath and how the town of Mayberry, North Carolina...
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Tastes Like Chicken
J: Miriam, that cat is not sleeping in our bed. M: But Joshua, he always sleeps with me. J: Not anymore. This is our marriage bed. The only one you sleep with now is me. Joshua grabs the cat and...
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Jesus at the Samaritan Saloon
She walked up to the bar And ordered a whiskey sour It was hot. She was bone-tired. She didn’t realize how thirsty she was. A stranger sitting beside her Looked into her eyes and said, “You know, you...
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When Enemies Are Sprouting Like Mushrooms
In The Message, Eugene Peterson calls Psalm 3 – “A David Psalm, when he escaped for his life from Absalom, his Son.” The words that follow reveal a hunted poet, surrounded and scared. God! Look!...
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Dementia, Love Letters, Intimacy, Edith Lake Wilkinson, Art, Recovering from...
“214″ (Serendipity) I used to wonder whether dementia was the brain’s primitive way of saying ‘Hey, I’m tired of remembering’. Because we’re not supposed to live this long and suffer so much pain, and...
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The Wrath of the LORD: Delight in Disorder Tuesday
Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. (Psalm 38:1-2) Some people don’t want to think of God as angry. They...
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The Call of David: The Pursuit of Happiness (7)
There was a soft knock on his door. Steven wasn’t sleeping. “Yes.” “Dad, David’s on the phone.” “Come on in.” Monica entered, covering a cell phone with her hand. “You can take it in here, if you...
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Our Plans and God’s Plans (A Reflection on 2 Samuel 7.1-14a)
All God wants from us is our best. But sometimes our idea of what is best is not God’s idea. Sometimes we want to do things that are not part of God’s plans. King David certainly tried to give his best...
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