The Sacred Profane Files

I had been writing my post about what to do with grief in my head all week long.  Last week…before I got sidetracked with Friday’s unraveling of events – the subject of my next post.  Yet, I wanted to...

Wow – seems that I have certainly hit a nerve of some kind this singleness issue.  I have to admit that I still find it amazing that – while my blog has a small following – that still there...

I have been silent for a while for a purpose…I was on a much needed retreat to the great state of Hawaii.  Oh yeah – suffering I know…but after being sick for going on 4 months a little R&R...

Stereotypes are an interesting concept to say the least.  I remember doing at least one “real world experiment” in high school English class to help us understand how stereotypes develop, why they might be helpful and why they might...

Was over at (in)courage just now and read a post called When a Comment Breaks Your Heart.  I shared my two cents (or maybe 5 cents, boy I can’t keep things to a minimum can I?) and thought I...

Taking a much needed break from my construction work to move back to a post I wanted to do about1) apologizing to mena) looking at stereotyping (another post, some other time when I am up to it) Apology to...

…life was supposed to turn out. Have you ever thought this?  Or said this? This one little line keeps running thru my mind lately as I survey the “mess” of my life right now.  I warned you about the...

…I Am Under Construction Today was one  of those days that I felt like I desperately wanted to crawl back into the security of my ol’ comfortable shell.  But thank God He has put certain people in my life...

Rough title…but these are some great quotes I have picked up over the last 6 months or so that have helped to transform my journey to freedom…“We’ve got to stop comparing our insides to other people’s outsides.” ~ Nancy Ortberg...

The Upheaval Matthew Paul Turner’s story about the young Andrew and the spiritual abuse he received from the members/elders at Mars Hills church has seemed to open up a can of worms…it seems to have hit quite a nerve...