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shersh on 09 Dec 2012
Wow! It has been a long time since I’ve written — not because there have been no salvation stories, but perhaps because there have been so many of them. Salvation Stories beginning, unfolding, confusing, challenging, terrifying, encouraging, emerging, disentangling, releasing, unravelling, confounding, baffling, arousing, exacting, imposing, heartbreaking, and continuing . . . . If I used [...]
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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 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 04 Dec 2011
I took a fast from Facebook because I was getting bogged down in emails, appointments, blogs to be written, etc., etc. In other words, I was getting crushed under the pile of thinking I was pretty important. Jesus really is a genius when it comes to knowing how our hearts work. Just when I start [...]
Tags: Gift, Grace, Gratitude, Salvation Story, Self-Importance
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shersh on 14 Oct 2011
“The invisible dragon roared, I cowered, and what I’ve called “the impostor” was born, a shadow to the my eight-year-old life. The impostor is a fake version of yourself, and that exactly how I started living. I faked being happy when I was sad. I faked being excited when I was disappointed. I even faked [...]
Tags: Brennan Manning, Fake, Grace, Imposter, Salvation Stories, Trapped, Unconditional Love
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shersh on 02 Oct 2011
“My story is a rosary, the beads of which are the people and experiences that have made me what I am. I have tried to move from one bead to the next, but my fingers are feeble and my eyes are tired. So please forgive me; you will experience gaps and breaks in time and [...]
Tags: All is Grace, Brennan Manning, Salvation Story
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shersh on 28 Aug 2011
“The disciples came up and asked, ‘Why do you tell stories?’ [Jesus] replied, ‘You’ve been given insight into God’s kingdom. . . . Whenever someone has a ready heart for this, the insights and understandings flow freely. But if there is no readiness, any trace of receptivity soon disappears. That’s why I tell stories: to create [...]
Tags: power of story, Stories of Salvation
Filed in Addiction,Love Story,Relationship with Jesus,Telling the Truth,Uncategorized
shersh on 25 Aug 2011
Today is my 52nd birthday, and today I begin a series of posts — 52 Stories of Salvation. Years ago I found myself in a moment of truth that began one of my own salvation stories. For weeks I could not shake nagging questions about my story. I had always known my mother was adopted, but [...]
Tags: 52nd Birthday, Salvation Stories
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shersh on 10 Apr 2011
BEFORE READING: Please know that my intention in writing the blog below was not to shame anyone. Quite honestly I wrote this blog immediately after watching the 20/20 program and it practically wrote itself — without any checks in my spirit. After receiving one email from a friend concerned that I was doing the same [...]
Tags: Addiction, alcoholism, bob jones, Colorado, counselor, forgiveness, fundamentalists, Grace, legalism, Sharon Hersh, substance abuse, tina anderson, university
Filed in Addiction,Confession,Freedom,God's Mercy,legalism,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Telling the Truth
shersh on 27 Feb 2011
Dating update for all you kind enough to ask: I’ve had my first, awkward, anxiety-filled date. It was not a match. The second “opportunity” is this week! Today I went to a place called BridgeHouse. It is a critical care unit for adults who require acute psychiatric care. When I arrived I pushed a button [...]
Tags: Addiction, Colorado, counselor, Grace, Humanness, Jesus, Mental Illness, Sharon Hersh, substance abuse
Filed in Addiction,Mental Illness,Relationship with Jesus,Relationships,Telling the Truth
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