What do you do when you are losing your way? Writing had been going great up until last Wednesday. Suddenly I found myself losing my way. I completed chapter six and was excited, but I got distracted. I started thinking about getting my proposal finished. “If I could just get this stupid proposal done andContinue reading “On Writing, prt. 6: Losing Your Way”
Category Archives: MISCELLANY
Notes from Manresa, prt. 1
This past weekend I went on a 3 day prayer retreat at Manresa Jesuit Retreat House in Bloomfield Hills. [Short pause for those who are already prepared to dismiss everything I have to say because of my association with the Jesuits – and thereby with mysticism. You are free to go. Please wait in theContinue reading “Notes from Manresa, prt. 1”
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”
Temp Arbor 