Each July, my body reminds me that August is the month when I lay half dead on the side of the road after my car rolled seven times off the 101 freeway. Even this July—14 years out— part of my body tenses up as it implicitly remembers the pain and trauma it went through in…
Category: Light in the Midst
Invite Jesus into Doubt, Limited Capacity and Hopelessness
Today, August 10th, when I remember my trauma and healing story— and the amazing possibilities and hope that can come from seemingly hopeless situations– I’d like to share with you a sermon I preached earlier this summer on similar themes. While most of you know that I am a Marriage and Family therapist, some of…
my testimony sermon
Take a listen here for some hope and inspiration in the midst of these times: Highlights: I name that I struggle with why God allows suffering– and why He saves some from awful, horrible situations and not others. I warp through my 5 year physical healing (8 year emotional healing) journey of recovery from traumatic…
calm in the storm
My friend wrote a song, and the chorus goes, Let justice flow down like water. He wrote it 10 years ago, but sung it publicly for the first time last weekend. I’ve been singing it all week, and crying too. Because I feel like our world as it is now can be so far from…