Can we just all take a collective breath? That’s right, fill the diaphragm slowly, breathing in through the nose; and then slowly – slowly – exhaling through the mouth. Isn’t that better? The … [Read more...]
The Problem with Fear
It would be silly to ask that you not be afraid. Fear is an emotion, a response to stimulus. Actual events as well as things that go bump in the night trigger fear, and honestly, it is unwise not … [Read more...]
Fear
Before I went to seminary I worked in an acute care mental health unit of a community hospital. It was a magical place in some ways; a strange thing to say about a holding cell for suffering. What … [Read more...]