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We Go East

This is a post about the change in our lives. Where we’ve been, are, and going. Phoenix, Westminster, Savannah. “Infinite Things” is the title of the collection of new songs I’m releasing in a few weeks. I look forward to sharing them. *at the bottom of this post you can listen to one of theContinue reading “We Go East”

Faith as Re-Enactment

This piece will briefly overview the concept of re-enactments and then discuss how a concept of God could be understood in light of this phenomenon. It is often perplexing to watch those around us place themselves repeatedly back into the same circumstances which have wounded them. And when we have the insight, so watch ourselvesContinue reading “Faith as Re-Enactment”

The Right Things

I’m not sure where I got the idea that therapy was magical. I had never really seen a therapist before. If I had, I’d probably have given up that idea. As I went to school to become a therapist, the shine of that notion sort of began to wear off. But probably nothing wears itContinue reading “The Right Things”

“The Crowd Is Untruth”

One way of seeing things is that Jesus being crucified was a surprising event. That it was a real pity that the son of God should find himself rejected by the ones he came to. That this was a tragedy which could have been avoided if other, better people had been in charge when heContinue reading ““The Crowd Is Untruth””

Changes Now

This post was written by Jackson Locke. Jackson and I both chose communication studies as our major at Toccoa Falls College – me a few years earlier. Reading some of his writing brings back a lot of my own memories of similar “shifts” which happened during the college season of my life. Jackson was kindContinue reading “Changes Now”

Do These Times Call for More or Less Therapy?

I haven’t been a therapist for very long. In fact, I’m still in my internship. And this was written while my kiddo watched Bluey beside me. So there are your disclaimers. I had a thought recently: on a meta level therapy might be both more and less necessary than ever – depending on what isContinue reading “Do These Times Call for More or Less Therapy?”

The Long Lost Scripture

Here is a bit of humor – it is satire. — || In a long lost manuscript, another version of the gospel of Matthew is recounted. This newly found document contains many important details the other ones leave out. || Jesus takes his place and begins to give the Sermon on the Mount. Huge crowdsContinue reading “The Long Lost Scripture”

“The Fightin’ Side of Me”

In 1970, Merle Haggard released a song called “The Fightin’ Side of Me.” It had been 10 years since he’d been released from San Quentin Prison where he’d been an inmate when Johnny Cash played his famous concert. Haggard’s life had taken a turn since being released from prison, and in 1972 he received aContinue reading ““The Fightin’ Side of Me””

three

a simple song on the night of another friend’s passing — this world has become too much to bear, even our lord he was prone to despair, my god my god why have you forsaken me, i thought there is no shadow of turning with thee, – but in me, but in me, there areContinue reading “three”

The Way of Trump and the Way of Jesus

I recently wrote an article which I then took down, and I issued an apology. I want to be really clear why that was: I had worked to guess at the emotional experience of those really like Donald Trump. My sensemaking did not land with some folks, and they felt very upset. So in thisContinue reading “The Way of Trump and the Way of Jesus”