Shame is an ugly mask. It can turn a beautiful, strong woman into a frail, sad, fearful, head-hanging one. I once read that shame goes beyond feeling guilty for WHAT you’ve done because it tears into your soul and condemns…
For the past several weeks I have been in the grip of yet one more attack of gout. For those of you who have never experienced this disease, give thanks. It is right up there with the pain of childbirth,…
“This is the air I breathe, this is the air I breathe, Your holy presence living in me. This is my daily bread, this is my daily bread, Your very word spoken to me. And I’m desperate for You, I’m…
As most of us have experienced occasionally, after having read an interesting book or story, we stumble upon a “follow up” and it is more like an afterthought ~ a slight taste, but not as pungent as the first one. …
By Christina Patterson Jesus loves you. No, I’m really serious. Jesus loves you. I know you have heard it from your Sunday school teacher, your Christian friend, in that chain email you got the other day, and from that bumper…