Have you considered just how important it is to love yourself? Of course, that includes your physical body, i.e. your coloring, your height and shape, even your physical gait. But also, and even more importantly,...
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Recently, for my birthday, I got to experience what a spa called the “foot refresher.” I checked in and they handed me the clipboardy thing. It’s paperwork you have to fill out telling them about...
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The faith-filled life of the Christian cannot be lived without taking risk. The Old and New Testaments are full of stories in which God asks people to do things that require stepping outside their comfort...
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Too often the problems we face start to make us feel powerless in our own lives. Sometimes, we begin to accept these problems into our lives, almost without noticing how much power they have taken...
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I have a growing and firm conviction that the questions we ask ourselves and others are vitally important. The reason for this is aptly stated in the poetry of E.E. Cummings. He wrote, “Always the...
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Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Genesis 2:25 Shame is deceptive. It creeps in uninvited. As I sat in a coffee shop, waiting for an older friend, I felt...
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On a recent November morning here in Bellingham, Washington, I awoke to alerts from Western Washington University, where I work part-time in the Student Health Center, stating school was cancelled for the morning. What?! I...
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Br-ōK-en-NƏs-s The word Brokenness conjures up many images for me. Broken toys. Broken bones. Broken promises. Broken English. Broken trust. Broken bread. Broken spirit. When I was approached by the team at Collide to...
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Erik Johnson, who is one of the counselors we network with wrote this blog post in the hopes to bring healing to the mother wounds that many have experienced. His words are insightful and will...
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pain rejection fear hurt disconnection loss unavoidable not without value not impossible to heal from a place of growth a place for new beginnings These are some of the words we used during an exercise...
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