faith

  • Waiting: 3 strategies for growth in difficult times

    Waiting: 3 strategies for growth in difficult times

    Waiting It was an appointment I made on a whim.  My back and hip pain was nagging at me when we were fishing on the lake and I thought maybe at least there’s something that can be done about my hip.  I’d seen a spine specialist several times, completed multiple rounds of physical therapy…

  • The problem of shame (and how mentoring can help)

    The problem of shame (and how mentoring can help)

    Shame is sinister.   It wants you to be afraid anyone will know about your past and look at you differently. It wants you to live in the past, focused on your mistakes and regrets.  It wants you to believe that everything is your fault.   Shame wants you to suffer alone, feeling unworthy of good…