Walk On: The Tension in Moving Forward
In some circles my story is really not that unique. In 2019, two days before Christmas, my family boarded an airplane to take a family vacation. Before we made it back to the city where we had lived for almost 11 years, a global pandemic struck. We didn’t realize that our carefully planned family vacation, […]
Pulled Taut from the Heavenlies
When I hear the word tension, all the negative feelings rise to the surface. I think of tense muscles, hard meetings, and walking-on-eggshells to avoid a burst. My knee-jerk definition of this word is a negative one. Webster defines tension as “the condition of being strained or stressed.” Strained or stressed. I doubt anyone chose […]
Invisible Walls
Walls can come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Walls are not just physical structures, but can be psychological and emotional fortresses erected with the intent to protect oneself and not let anyone in. These invisible walls usually are created piece by piece, slowly over time as we encounter and struggle to surrender the […]
This Week’s Theme: Tension
Tension. Does that word make you want to cringe? Run away and hide? It feels all too familiar these days. Yet when you think about walking on a tightrope, it is possible because two ends are held in tension. When one end goes slack, it doesn’t work very well. This resembles so many aspects of […]