New Age Idolatry?Last summer I went to Lake Erie to vacation with my family. While there my husband and I visited the Ashtabula Arts Center. The July exhibit was A to Z by Lisa Burroughs-Betras. The artist created letters by using natural material and photographing them. I’ve seen something similar done with architectural images at a craft [...] |
In the Shadows of God’s WingsWhen I was a child I believed without question that there was a God who made me and the entire world. I attended Catholic mass and although I often skipped out of catechism class, I did not question what I was taught. That all changed after I was sexually assaulted and was rejected by family [...] |
 Who is Gay?Last Advent I read an excerpt from Henri Nouwen’s Making All Things New found in Foster and Smith’s Devotional Classics. Foster and Smith titled their chapter, Bringing Solitude into Our Lives. Every year during Advent I struggle to shut out the secular celebration of Christmas with all its emphasis on materialism and try to observe [...] |
Choosing Joy in Times of TrialBelow is a speech delivered at the Women’s Tea, All Saints Anglican, Attleboro, MA on May 15, 2010 The speech was based on exerpts from Not of My Making: Bullying, Scapegoating and Misconduct Choosing Joy in Times of Trial. I had to think about that one. My book, Not of My Making, reveals the challenges [...] |
 Too Little Time for FriendshipFriday, September 18th, while I was inline skating at Poncin Hewlett Athletic Park, Jim stopped me. “Did you hear?” he asked me. “Hear what?” I asked. “Do you remember that lady that used to walk here?” “Do you mean Kathy?” I asked. “Yes. She passed away,” he said. “Passed away,” I repeated. “How? When?” “I [...] |
 Warning: Medication May be Hazardous to Your Mental HealthWhitaker’s conclusions in Anatomy of an Epidemic are consistent with my personal and professional experience as well as my professional training as a researcher and psychologist. I could have easily been an example for Whitaker’s book. In 1971 when I was 19 years old I was hospitalized for six weeks for depression. Hospital staff told me [...] |
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