I suddenly feel as if my body is rushing forward, racing out of a tunnel of trees toward the distant light ahead that will take me out of the forest. Something, or someone is chasing me, and I feel my legs begin to give out. The imagery that is playing out in my mind is […]
Anxiety
In gratitude for my daughter by Hannah Campbell Gustafson
Last week I told my therapist about a realization that I had recently. My daughter, Leona, is 2 years old. She is fiery and independent and hilarious, and often does things that I find infuriating. Most nights when she falls asleep I breathe a sigh of relief. And still, as I told my therapist, I […]
Hard weeks by Kirk Moore
A member of the congregation I serve died a couple of weeks ago. It was awful. Many of the networks of people and many of the feelings surrounding their untimely death has left the congregation, their friends, and me very unsettled. They’re’s grief, confusion, anger, exhaustion, anxiety, and a whole lot of really unknown feelings. […]
Recognizing Reality: The Stress of Pandemic
Turn my heart to your decrees, and not to selfish gain. Turn my eyes from looking at vanities; give me life in your ways. Psalm 119:36-37 Here we are on the brink of another church program year, a year very different from previous ones. With the possible exception of epidemiologists, none of us could have […]
Damage
‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but God will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.” Numbers 14:18 The New York Times recently cited a study from the Centers for Disease […]
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