BRAVEHEARTS

It started with a runny nose. Allergies? Within twenty-four hours I was glued to my bed with a centrifugal force. Aches, chills, and fever paralyzed me. I started coughing . . . and then I knew. The coronavirus was calling. I was fortunate. I recovered at home, and by the time I could smell and […]

Tags: belonging, belonging book, Blameshifting, coronavirus, Covid19, hold on, kiss the monster on the lips, laughter, let go, more than Normal, the Way back, we belong to each other

Tags: 4/20, A Prayer of Grief for Our Lost Children, Adolph Hitler, Be Here, Columbine Massacre, Marijuana, National Pot Smoker's Day, Numbness, Practice Resurrection, propaganda, Where is God?

Today we show the videocast you’ve all been waiting for.  Holly shares that she is married to the best man (and I know him and he seems pretty great), but that still isn’t good enough. When I was in middle school I wrote an essay called, “Mr. Right.” I described my dream man as a […]

Tags: Caitlin Jenner, Easter men and women, Marriage, Relationships, the Ultimate Man

“I . . um . . . I’m pretty sure . . . that I will never be loved.” Kyle told me those words about nine years ago when he began to see me after just being recently diagnosed with schizophrenia. It wasn’t the illness that Kyle blamed for being unworthy of love – it was […]

Tags: Brokenness, homelessness, Jesus had the final word, Love will have the final word, Mental Illness, Schizaphrenia, Wounds are Where Love Gets In