• neurons
    Christmas - Neurons

    Neurons Ring! Are You Listening?

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    I remember a lecture on neurons and the paths they take at adult Sunday school one winter. The lecturer was a respected psychologist and had been influential in my husband’s life. So I was primed to take what he said seriously. He pontificated at length on the manipulation of our neuro-nets by the world of advertising. From his point of view, Christmas provided the perfect opportunity for people to be set up for greed and disappointment. I don’t necessarily disagree, except that God made our nervous systems for a reason. He mentioned how the smells of pine and cinnamon, the…

  • monologues
    Featured - Monologues

    Escape the Monologues: The Stories that Trap Us

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    On my way to work one day, I saw a stray dog. A greyhound mix, he was trotting along the road, his ribs showing through his thin coat. A large black tumorous growth protruded from his side. I stopped my car and got out. I called to him to come, but he just stood there, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. When he started to run again, I followed him. He stopped. I called. He ran. This happened a few times before I realized that I could not interrupt his mindset. Never once did he make eye contact with…

  • Anxiety - mind - mindfulness - PTSD - Self Awareness - self-improvement - strongholds - Way

    How To Get Out Of Your Own Way

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    Years ago, the Lord gave me a vision of a woman.  Inside of her was a barren world with dead trees and storm clouds in a desert landscape.  Outside of her was a mirror image of the same landscape with the same clouds, dusty terrain, and blackened trees.  I struggled with the metaphor for a bit and then the words of Ed Smith, the founder of Theophostic prayer ministry came to me.  The basic principle is this: What you feel is what you believe, and what you believe might as well be true, because the results will be the same. …