This is a day of quiet. The world holds its breath. What have we done? The One who was our hope–that GOOD man–dead. If we were honest, we would say it, even if it was the last thing we ever said: He didn’t deserve it (say it)…and WE killed Him. Go ahead, try to make […]
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Today is the 6th anniversary of my mom’s death. My sister lives near where our mom’s ashes are buried, and every year on this day, she visits the gravesite with flowers. I join her in spirit from several hundred miles away, and we both listen to what we now think of as “Mom’s song.” My
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My daughter wrote something the other day that I thought was beautiful. She’s gifted with words as well as photography skill. I wish I could write like that. I think there’s room for different styles of writing, of course. Hemingway’s spare prose sits on the same shelf of classic literature as Dickens’s flowery, descriptive passages.
Narcissists train their victims not to expect much, if anything, from them very early on in the relationship. And if you do, they rage, tantrum, gaslight, name-call and threaten to dump you. You just want to go back to the honeymoon stage and believe it’s possible, so you stop holding Vampira or Count Vlad accountable.
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Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) was the first published poet in America. Her life was hard, but she was grateful, pouring forth her gratitude in beautiful poetry that has been in print since the seedling days of our nation. As we prepare to mourn the death of our Savior on Good Friday and celebrate His resurrection on
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According to family systems theory, any “system” of which people are part wants to maintain homeostasis. Change is threatening, even change for the better, because it means individual members of the comfortable existing system will also have to change, and change is scary. This explains why, when there is abuse, family members and friends
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All good stories have an arc: Laying the groundwork, rising action, climax, falling action, and the resolution (known as dènouement, for you language geeks). Every life also has a unique story arc with these common elements. Themes and motifs may vary, but the trajectory is the same. One theme appears in every life story, however–the
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