As we have reached the pinnacle of the Advent season that focuses on “peace on earth and good will to all”, I’ve been reflecting on what it means to have peace. As someone who has struggled with mental health over the decades, I am never quite sure what “peace” really looks like. Is it a …
I was contemplating on the nature of alcoholism, and whether or not I want to call it a disease. In the Human Genome Project, scientists mapped out our chromosomes, and all of the diseases that are associated with them. As I reviewed these chromosomes, I realized that “alcoholism” or “cocaine addiction” were not actual medical …
I was listening to one of my favourite preachers, and he was teaching about feeling bold in Christ. He told an exaggerated story how a person’s exorbitant debt was paid off by Jesus and how he proclaimed, even at his work, that Jesus saved him. The question posed to the listener was, do we have …
At our holiday gratitude meeting, my support group went around the table and we all said what we were grateful for. Someone who moved out of town in the spring came back for the meeting, and during fellowship before the meeting, and then in her share, she talked about boundaries. I was grateful to be …
“Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.” Matthew 3.8 A time will come when the wheat will be separated from the chaff. Even though I am a Christian, I denied this bare truth of the gospel. There was a point in my life where I was so rooted in oneness theology and in neutrality, that I …
After a bit of an “off” day and lousy weather, I reflected on how the things I watch influence me. After a long nap that gave me a bit of a reset, I realized how if I want to maximize my peace of mind, I have to be so vigilant of what I watch. For …
Sometimes when I see the younger generation, I get envious of the blank slate they have before them. I regret my past and wish I made better choices when I needed to make them. I think I would have loved to be a scientist, or a professor of the arts and humanities. We talk about …
Something that’s come into my awareness as to why it’s so challenging for myself and others to not worry, and why we resist handing our problems over to God, is due to a sense of guilt. As I was absorbed with a problem the other night, my higher self told me to turn it over …
“Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” Matthew 6.8 I was listening to Christian AM radio the other day, when one of the shows interviewed a man who quoted the above verse. It was said in such a way that it was like I had heard it for the first time. It …
Something that I have come to understand the past few weeks as I spread awareness on the plight of the alcoholic, is that some people are not ready to humanize this disease. I can understand this complication, because alcoholism appears to be something that we choose to do to ourselves, and therefore anger and frustration …