Archive for the 'Resurrection' Category
shersh on 12 Apr 2016
I kicked a gas pump last week and shouted a word I hardly ever use. The gas pump gave me 1-2 gallons of gas and then shut down, and I had to cancel the transaction and start the process all over again. And then I took my car through the car wash, which trapped it […]
Tags: Beautiful worship, King David, Loss, Pain, Strange Women, Surrender, Toxic, Waste
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shersh on 31 Mar 2016
This is the next videocast in the Radically Redemptive Relationships series. We talk about betrayal, but the truth is that we can’t put words to it. We were made to never be betrayed, and so we don’t manage it well. We rage at God, we hurt others, and ourselves. Betrayal is the exact opposite of […]
Tags: Alcohol and Grace Abuse, Come out of Hiding, Erik Guzman, keylife.org, Steffany Gretzinger
Filed in Addiction,Alcoholism,Betrayal,Confession,Failure,Freedom,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Healing,Imposter,lifehurts.us,Love will have the final word,Masks,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Resurrection
shersh on 28 Feb 2016
“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
Filed in Addiction,Addiction Treatment,Alcoholism,Freedom,Grace,Healing,Home,Illusion of control,Imposter,Loneliness,Love will have the final word,Loving our neighbors,Mental Illness,Practice Resurrection,Prince of Peace,Relationship with Jesus,Resurrection,Salvation Story,schizaphrenia,Sorrow,Surrender,The Humble King,Thirst
shersh on 22 Feb 2016
RADICALLY REDEMPTIVE RELATIONSHIPS – FINDING COMMON GROUND FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE https://youtu.be/Stay Skinny or Stay Hungry?OMKJOZpYOa8 When my daughter became sick, I could hardly comprehend the reality that she – my wild child, joy of my life – was ill with a disease that kills more young woman, between the ages of 17-23, in […]
Tags: Anorexia, Choose Life, Hard Work, Healing, Heartache, Hunger, Live Full, Radically Redemptive Relationships, Skinny, Strong
Filed in Addiction,Change,Dehumanizing Behiavor,Desire,Eat Disorders,Freedom,Giving to Others,Grace,Gratitude,Healing,Killing Desire,lifehurts.us,Loneliness,Newness,Perfectionism,Powerlessness,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Resurrection,Starvation,Stay Skinny or Stay Hungry?,Surrender,Telling the Truth,The R cubed Challenge,Uncategorized,Vulnerability
shersh on 02 Feb 2016
The next videocast in the Radically Redemptive Relationships: 2 Woman Find Common Ground for the Sake of Love is about Scandalous Relationships. You can watch it at https://youtu.be/ui72Q07ECMY. We all read the headlines: “8 Church Scandals That May Have Challenged Your Faith;” “Today it’s Tulian: Will the Scandals Never End;” “Scandal Rocks biggest Christian Network” […]
Tags: Adultery, Affairs, Ashley Madison, forgiveness, Grace, Inappropriate Relationships, Scandals in the Church, the scandal of Grace, Tulian Tcihividjian
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shersh on 16 Jan 2016
It was 25 degrees outside. Windchill of 5. The sun was just rising and the last thing I wanted to do was to put on my layers of running clothes, lace up my rarely-used, but guaranteed to make you want to exercise Hoka’s. But I did. I was resolute. When the wind blasted my face, […]
Tags: Cold weather, Exercise, Fight song, Resolutions
Filed in Addiction,Addiction Treatment,Alcoholism,All is Grace,Baby It's Cold Outside,Betrayal,Desire,Disappointment,Divorce,Failure,Freedom,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,Healing,Illusion of control,iPhone,Isolation,Loneliness,Mumford & Sons,Passion,Radically Redemptive Relationships,Redemption,Relationship with Jesus,Resurrection,Salvation Story,Singleness,Sorrow,Surrender,The Humble King,Vulnerability
shersh on 14 Dec 2015
I really don’t know why I like the commercial of Lady Gaga singing, “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” with Tony Bennett in Barnes & Noble, but I do. I can’t explain why I won’t go to church on Christmas Eve to watch the church children follow the donkey with the specially-picked child who gets […]
Tags: Ambiguity, Baby It's Cold Outside, Lady Gaga, Prince of Peace, The Giving Tree
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shersh on 22 Nov 2015
I went to bed last night feeling yucky. I know that’s not a real feeling, but it best describes the mix of emotions that were bubbling up inside of me. I felt restless, irritable, and discontent. I had my reasons. I’d been misunderstood and judged by a friend. My bank account did not promise extra […]
Tags: Amazon Prime, Black Friday, children of God, Gratitude, Indoor plumbing, iPhone, Mini-Cooper, pumpkin bagel, Resurrection, Thanksgiving, the love of the Father, The Reality, the shadows, the substance
Filed in Amazon Prime,Black Friday,Breathe,Busyness,Giving to Others,God Only Writes Good Stories,God's Mercy,Grace,Gratitude,holidays,Indoor plumbing,iPhone,Living Water,Loneliness,Mini-Cooper,Pumpkin bagel,Resurrection,Thanksgiving,The Reality,the shadows,The Substance.,Thirst