Keeping God’s Word Close The other day I was putting a new license plate on my car. I had picked the most freezing day of winter and was on a mission to complete it in record time. Running into the garage I grabbed the first screwdriver I found and ran back out into the tundra

Sharing the Treasure of God's Word “We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.” 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 In the midst of trauma, your world turns upside down; you feel broken in a million pieces and steady footing seems

The Impossible, a movie about a family who survived a Tsunami, expresses the chaos of trauma. It showed how hopelessness drives into your heart, mind and soul; you can’t breathe or orient to normal anymore because it no longer exists. Sorrow overwhelms, pain penetrates and confusion plagues your mind with a sense of drowning.  All

How to Survive the Holidays Feeling the jolly of the holidays is excruciatingly hard? Experiencing pain even when you are around familiar people or traditions? Trauma does that. It brings a new level of awareness for the brokenness you feel, and it seeks to steal the joy of those moments. Figuring out why you celebrate,

How to Help the Hurting Holidays are especially hard for people in Trauma. Even when you are around familiar people or traditions, trauma brings a new level of awareness for the brokenness you feel, and it seeks to steal the joy of those moments. Our working definition of trauma is “an emotional response to a

Christmas 2022 is just a few weeks away. I find myself looking back over this year and realizing again how desperately this world needs Hope. Leviticus 25, describes a kinsman-redeemer as a close relative who basically allowed the hopeless to find hope again.  I’ve thought about this with Christmas approaching.  Hebrews 2:17 says “Therefore he

"The Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins. They shall eat, but not be satisfied." Hosea 3:1, 4:10 I was struck by this verse because of how utterly silly it is. I say it's silly because it seems improbable that Israel really loved raisin cakes

"...let grain from the bundles fall purposely for her" Ruth 2:16 I love the story of Ruth from the Bible. It has joy, sorrow, mess and tenacity. It has strong personalities, determination and incredible provision. Some would say it’s a story about women overcoming adversity…and it is. In picking through the story I have

"For this slight and momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 It