Archive for the 'Freedom' Category
shersh on 15 Jun 2015
A stately Norwegian man with white hair and sparkling blue eyes stood before a bunch of beat-up, bedraggled, brave women. He was giving us some final words before we left the place-of-no-other-choice to join a world filled with too many choices. We were at Haselden – a treatment center hidden in the tall Minnesota […]
Tags: Addiction, Grace, Haselden, Jesus, Reality Television, Relationship with Jesus, Rescue, Surrender, Taylor Swift, Telling Stories
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shersh on 21 Feb 2015
It all began with Fifty Shades of Grey. I should explain. As many of you have kindly noted and inquired about, I haven’t written a blog for a long time. Quite honestly, I didn’t have anything to say. My own health struggles left me barely able to work and crawl home to sleep. The heartache of […]
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shersh on 29 Sep 2012
OCTOBER 1, 2012 begins the testing period for the Mobile Phone Apps I’ve been working on to bring Therapy to the IPhone; to bring what is not seen (true reality – that require faith to see there’s more than meets the eye; an opportunity to look at incredibly private and personal issues like body image […]
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shersh on 18 Aug 2012
I have a new friend — a new partner in the way Richard Rohr describes heaven-made partners: “Suffering people can love and trust a suffering God, Only a suffering God can save suffering people, those who have passed across this chasm can and will save one another.” Terry called me recently to tell me he’d […]
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shersh on 08 Aug 2012
It’s been almost three months since I last posted a Salvation Story. Time does truly fly sometimes, doesn’t it? There isn’t a tragic or wonderful reason I haven’t written. I’ve been busy. My clients have been more burdened, more needy, more desperate . . . and I’ve been more privileged than usual to be a […]
Tags: Addiction, Breathe, Busyness, Grace, Jesus, The Olympics, vacation
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shersh on 24 Mar 2012
Today is my daughter’s fourth birthday! I awakened to this text message from her: “Today I am grateful for 4 years of sobriety, that I am not defined by who I used to be but I am a stronger person because of it, for a huge God who loves me even when I don’t love […]
Tags: Alcohlolics Anonymous, alcoholism, Mumford & Sons, Recovery, Salvation Story
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shersh on 03 Mar 2012
This is a salvation story written by Mary — my generous, tender-hearted friend. The story came to her after reading the New Testament letter from the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians. What stories, verses, sounds, or experiences remind you of your Salvation Story? I read recently, “When we are more afraid of the power of […]
Filed in Addiction,Change,Confession,Freedom,Loneliness,Love Story,Newness,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Salvation Story,Uncategorized
shersh on 26 Dec 2011
This is the edited version of the blog I sent out last night. Apparently, the tears that were still in my eyes blinded me to all the typos or I simply forgot to use the miracle of spellcheck. I went to a movie with my parents tonight — that seems to be a new American […]
Tags: Ben & Joanna Sullivam, Dan & Becky Allender, Dave and Shari Meserve, Holly Stratton, Jim Coffield, John and Sandy Transcinzki, Jonathan & Angie DenHartog, Justin & Karissa Bullis, Kathleen Baker, Kirstenn Kamm, kristin Golden; Jay Baker, Kristine Ives, Liz Swamson, Mark LaFleur, Mary Anderson, Peter & Susan Hiett, Ray and Judy Bruce, Scott Coupland, TANGO, Tim Tebow, William and Dana Bererton, Zach Van Dyke.
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Change,Confession,Desire,Disappointment,Dreams,Failure,Freedom,Giving to Others,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Healing,Home,Love Story,Redemption,Relationships,Salvation Story
shersh on 25 Dec 2011
I went to a movie with my parents tonight — that seems to be a new American Christmas tradition, doesn’t it? My dad picked it out — War Horse. All of the Internet posts used words like “beloved”, “hopeful” and “inspirational that are translatable to our own lives as well when times are tough.” Who could […]
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shersh on 24 Oct 2011
The most flawed relationship in my life is with my daughter. Kristin is twenty-five years old and we have yelled and screamed at each other and gone on fabulous shopping trips to Chicago or L.A. There were scary nights when she was in in high school and I had no idea where she was and […]
Tags: Eating Disorders, Kristin Golden, Perfectionism, Salvation Stories
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Begin Again Believe Again,Breaking the Curse,Dreams,Eat Disorders,Freedom,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Perfectionism,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Salvation Story,Uncategorized
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