Psychiatrist, Minister, Author & Transformational Healing Coach

GOD vs. god

When a person is taught that he or she is god, and they have everything they need already in them without GOD, what happens when they come to the end of themselves? What happens when life overwhelms them and they have nowhere to turn? When they have done all they can do yet find that their problems have surpassed their solutions? What happens when you have reached the end of you andREAD MORE

Waiting…

Waiting is hard. It is mysterious. It is an often-uncomfortable space between what we knew, had, and lost to what we have no idea is coming.  We do not usually volunteer to be in a place of waiting. Especially when it is long and protracted – and there seems to be no end in sight. Waiting often involves grieving. It involves letting go and mourning what was lost. A loved one. Health.READ MORE

GRACE is Not Karma

This is my final reflection on the Book of Acts. I felt led to read this New Testament book on the beginnings of the Christian church, given the current state of the “new beginnings” of the church of the 21st century. We are trying to emerge from a pandemic that has shaken and transformed the world in ways we never imagined. We are witnessing the invasion and destruction of the nation ofREAD MORE
Aretha Franklin

TRAUMA, SOCIETY, AND FAMILY SECRETS

Precious little girl. Brilliant, gifted, and tormented. Tormented even when she wore a smile to conceal her pain. Precious, hurting little girl, hiding behind the mask of a superstar. Tormented by the family secrets she was forced to carry. Family secrets so horrific that, who would believe her anyway? She covered them up well – or did she? She went on to have a successful career, and she blessed many. Yet, sheREAD MORE
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