How the Retreat Sustained Me {The Grove: Sustain}
The words I would have chosen to describe myself were exhausted, depressed, anxious, and burnt-out. It had been a difficult year for my family and especially hard on me personally....
Category: Pain and Trials
Honouring the Full Catastrophe {The Grove: Discord}
You know that feeling, where your head and heart don’t align. Where you know God is good, but… When all you’ve been told, all...
Safe in the Arms of the Father
"Do you have a safe place?” she said. She being my therapist. As soon as the words came from her mouth, doubt and questioning rose up within me....
Revive Me
I want to go home. I want to sit by the beach, listen to the waves and feel the sea breeze against my face. I want the touch of the...
Shepherd of the Valley {The Grove: Shepherding}
You truly are Not Alone! Psalm 23 paints a peace and rest-filled abundant life with our Shepherd. Then in...
A Sheltered Faith
A couple of weeks ago I picked up an old notebook of mine and out slipped a 3x5 card with a bible verse printed on it. It was a verse...
The Resilience of Dying
I am not known for being an optimist. But when I think back to my expectations before I moved here, I can only smile (and sigh) at my innocent...
Another Kind of Cost
It’s been an emotional day today. A mixture of excitement for the future while at the same time loss and grief for what that future implies. Twenty-five years ago, we...
Change and the Last Page
I'm not a fan of change. When I was five years old I told a family member that I didn't want to turn six; I had just gotten used to...
Why I Should Be a Pillar of Salt and Other Thoughts on Remembering
There are sensations that stick with you for life. When I recall my earliest memories it is of the blue/brown/green mix of shag carpet in our living room. I would...
