The Sounds of Silence: Shame
Shame is a problem that self-help can’t help.
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When “the blues” give way to debilitating lethargy and sadness, we struggle to hide the darkness, embarrassed to admit how much it hurts.
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Anxiety (part 2)
Taking our thoughts “captive” is more than good advice for holy living; it’s essential for good mental health!
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Being too busy may be one reason many people are so anxious - but it isn’t the main one!
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Emptiness
An undefined sense of restlessness. Boredom. When it’s not that something is wrong so much as that something is missing.
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Rejection
We get used to not seeing and not being seen but deep down inside, doesn’t everyone hunger for recognition?
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Confusion
When life’s “magnificent obsessions” fail to deliver as promised, how do we make sense of what’s left? #identity #purpose #destiny
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Sin (Part 3)
A redemptive community must be a place where we, though flawed, are welcomed with open arms, without scrutiny or judgment.
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Sin (Part 2)
Jesus didn’t give His life so that we could spend ours regretting the same mistakes over and over, permanently miserable about a past we’ve done our best to leave behind.
Read MoreThe Sounds of Silence: Sin
How ironic that sin should be a taboo subject - even (and maybe especially) at “church.” After all, what’s the point of belonging to a “redemptive community” if we aren’t in the process of helping each other find redemption?
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“Broken-ness” we so carefully hide, pain we can’t even define ourselves, and feelings that don’t seem normal at all … maybe all the weirdness we keep to ourselves is less weird than we think.
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