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Hate

‎”Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD.Continue reading “Hate”

Getting the word out

Hello readers. I am writing this evening to talk to you about getting the word out about this blog. Right now, if you go to Google and enter the phrase struggling with faith, one of my posts comes up eighth on the page. You can only understand how exciting this is when you look upContinue reading “Getting the word out”

Full immersion counseling

In my last two posts I have talked about deeply transformational counseling. Those posts gave you an idea of what kinds of questions and issues you might expect a therapist to help you work through if your goal is pervasive spiritual transformation. In this post I want to focus on what will be required fromContinue reading “Full immersion counseling”

25 Random Things About Me

Okay, I’m cheating on this post, as it comes off my Facebook account. But hey, I still wrote it. I imagine some of these items will become topics for future posts.

On Writing, prt. 5: Progress

Update: No updates in a while because I have been off by myself writing my book. As it stands now, I have five chapters completed, 59 pages, 19,914 words. Feeling like I have found my voice, but not always able to keep it as clear as I’d like. Still, great progress on writing my suckyContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 5: Progress”

Meta Me

I noticed something tonight that is bugging me. I noticed that I rarely see people. They are all around me, and I am looking, but I don’t see them. What I see is them seeing me. I think maybe I have read this before, or heard of something like it, but I can’t remember where.Continue reading “Meta Me”

Walking for MS

Most of my readers probably know I have multiple sclerosis. In fact, I was diagnosed with MS 20 years ago, December 5, 1990. 1991 was the scariest year of my life and [in my best Forrest Gump voice], that’s all I have to say about that. But here I am 20 years later doing betterContinue reading “Walking for MS”

On Writing, prt. 4: Finding Your Voice

After my “crash” experience yesterday I realized my problem was really about finding my voice. I determined to just focus on writing my sucky first draft and leave it at that. This allowed me to squeeze out of self-consciousness and settle into “my voice.” I assume most people reading these posts are writers on someContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 4: Finding Your Voice”

On Writing, prt. 3: Frustration and Anger

So the anxiety of this morning has turned to anger and frustration. The words won’t come out and, when they do, they feel awkward and strained. I know what I want to say but I do not know how to say it. I believe I am in this place as a direct result of readingContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 3: Frustration and Anger”

On Writing, prt. 2: Fear Still

Preparing to go write for the day. Yesterday went great and I got chapter 1 finished (19 pages). Great fear again today that I once again have to face somehow. The problem is that I sat down to read everything I have written so far and suddenly I’m not sure I like it. Any ofContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 2: Fear Still”