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Lament
Lament Dearest Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus Christ, and feminine Spirit, hear my humble prayer. A wounded heart bleeds. It feels like the bleeding won’t stop. The intensity of the pain waxes and…
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Amos and Hosea: Social Justice Prophets
From the exodus out of Egypt through the divided kingdoms of Israel and Judah, the Hebrew Bible is full of stories of conflict, questioning, greed, and betrayal. Prophets, or teachers inspired by God,…
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Making Sense of the Unthinkable
There is a disconnect between myself, a twenty-first century woman, and our Hebrew ancestors who wrote the Hebrew Bible over two thousand years ago. That was so long ago, and our lives seem…
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Babylonian Influence on the First Biblical Creation Story
This week I had the pleasure of exploring the first Biblical creation story found in Genesis 1 – 2 within the historical context of the author(s)[1]. Specifically, the Babylonian Exile which occurred from…
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A Bit of a Shift
Hello Friends, It has been quite some time since I last posted on the blog. Over the past year I began uncovering and discerning a deep-rooted call to ministry in the United Methodist…
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Feminist Awakening and Letting People In
I first heard the term “Feminist Awakening” listening to Christy Harrison’s podcast Food Psych (Food Psych #122: How Anger Can Help in Diet Recovery and Body Acceptance with Carmen Cool — Christy Harrison…
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Pay Attention to What You Pay Attention To
*This post is part of blog series called Revealing My Road to Recovered. For more information about the series please click here: Revealing My Road to Recovered. By August 2015 something was stirring…
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Breakthrough
In January 2015, I committed to journaling regularly. By mid-March, I committed to eating disorder recovery. In April, I started weekly sessions with a therapist who specialized in eating disorders. And by July…
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Writing What You Can’t Say Yet
Growing up my sense of self was heavily influenced by the world around me. It was confusing because I didn’t feel good about who the world seemed to want me to be, but…
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Recovery Isn’t Linear
This is admittedly an odd title as I am literally presenting my recovery in a linear fashion, via my daily journal. While the dates in my journal are linear, the content of my…
