• attachment
    Attachment style - Bonding - Relationship with God

    Setting God Free: How Attachment Style Affects Faith

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    I bear witness to many people struggling to gain a toehold in their relationship with God. For some, God is like an unreachable guru on top of a distant mountain. If you find Him, He only speaks in riddles. For others, His face resembles the stern idols on Easter Island. Judgment is in the forecast, and soon. For still others, God is capricious, changing His mind about what good things He will or will not allow them to have in their lives. Now He loves me. Now He loves me not. The most painful iteration of God, I think, is…

  • Art - Featured - incarnation - metaphor

    Every Poem Wants to Be Jesus: Why Christians Need Art

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    How mysterious is the incarnation of God in man in the person of Jesus Christ! God, who is spirit, makes Himself known in the body of Jesus.  Making the word flesh is, of course, the aim of every poet.  The goal of art is to turn what is spirit into a poem, a painting, a dance, or a song.  It is the same impulse, to turn what is ineffable into something concrete. To turn the abstract into something that can be lived within the body. The Greek word, Logos, which means the Word and the Deed, is an attempt to…

  • boundaries
    Boundaries - broken - relationship

    Boundaries: Reset and Reinforce Your Broken ‘No’

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    Some people seem to have the gift of no.  Boundaries seem to come easily to them. When asked for favors, money, or permission, they hand out noes with blithe unconcern.  Others, like me, feel guilty about denying the requests, even demands of the people in their lives.  But if you are naturally compliant, suffered under the rule of authoritarian parents, have undergone abuse, or are simply overly empathetic, then saying no comes at a cost. Strategizing your ‘no’ can help you make and reinforce boundaries that are important to you, whether at home or at work. Before you begin to…