Joe and Bella…List

Joe and Bella…List

Sooooo why don’t we just check in on how Joe and Bella are doing these days? 1.  Try to remember what late grade school (5th grade) and junior high (7th) grade were like for you. 2.  Do you remember, especially for the jr. high part, the daily battle that life...
Breakthrough and Healing – Comfort 401

Breakthrough and Healing – Comfort 401

I need to share something with you.  No, I don’t “Need” to for me…it’s for you.  This is not your typical, “Well, this is where I am and it will probably help someone so I’ll throw it out there.” post.  No, nor is it...
Still Dealing With Death…and Life.

Still Dealing With Death…and Life.

It is very important to read this post first….  Ok, great.  It was one year ago yesterday that we had Trey’s funeral.  So there we…were, having “dealt” with death but being daunted by life.  I’m not real sure about how we...
One Year Later…

One Year Later…

I’m in church and it’s the last worship song before I preach…this past Sunday.  We are singing Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone.  It has happened before and it happened again…boom, the Holy Spirit, God, Intimacy.  As the words, “My chains...
Approaching THAT day…

Approaching THAT day…

Sure…when playing Cranium (a charades challenge) Bella did yell “Photosynthesis” instead of the word, “Bloom.”  She did use the term “Metaphorically speaking” in context and accurately a while back.  When she was lauding the...
“Shared” Experiences

“Shared” Experiences

This may shock you.  I am very partial to healing hurts through attaching comfort to emotional pain.  One very effective way of doing this is through “shared experiences.”  You take people who have had similar events happen in their lives and get them...