Sometimes I struggle with trust in God. Trusting God is such a nebulous concept. Really, for the critical thinker – to trust in God is not an easy feat. It’s the idea that I have to put aside my rational thought to believe in a Deity that has my back. Buddhism actually has a cool […]
What’s Causing Our Exhaustion is Grief
Do you ever feel that life seems more exhausting these days than it did before? Like you’re tired and maybe even irritable seemingly for no reason? Of course, we are dealing with everything going on in the world: COVID-19, wildfires raging out of control, hurricanes hurling toward the coast, riots, protests, senseless killings and everyday […]
Why We Need To Attain Spiritual Health
What Is Spiritual Health? Spiritual health is a must during these uncertain times. A lot of my friends have been suffering lately from burnout, anxiety and increased stress levels. Of course they are. How could they not? Just listening to the news can bring about a state of uncertainty and chaos. That kind of disruption […]
The Spirituality of Integrity
I wanted to write a blog post about integrity. But integrity on its own is not a very sexy topic. So I wrote about prostitution instead because I believe that they are interchangeable. When I wrote a blog post about this, a few months ago, I caused a bit of a stir. The blog article […]
Does God Care For Us?
One of my former students texted me a few weeks ago and confessed that he felt he didn’t believe in God. He was struggling with faith and believed he was insignificant. That surely there was no such thing as God. If God existed, there wouldn’t be so much pain in the world. He also shared […]
The Spirituality of Humility
Humility is not an easy characteristic. Many often mistake the meaning of humility for humiliation, but it is not quite the same. They both share the same Latin root, Humilis which means, “low.” Both have their root in the state of being ‘lowered’ in some fashion. Although humility can sometimes follow humiliation, it doesn’t have to […]
The Spiritual Gift of Rejection
I hate being rejected. Rejections seems to be the most painful of all experiences I have ever felt. For some, it is visceral and creates a painful reaction that goes to the core. Others seem to be more able to shake off the rejection with ease. I am not one of those people. I tend […]
How to Find Equilibrium
Has anyone else noticed lately that life seems to be more overwhelming? With all of this uncertainty, those of us who crave certainty seem to more easily get thrown off course. I find that all I have to do is check the news and boom! I’m emotionally thrown off within minutes. Perhaps someone says something […]
Moving Past Mood Altering Relationships
I used to love getting into a relationship. I loved the beginning – that feeling of falling in love. I loved the newness of a relationship, where every day was a new discovery about another person. I loved that feeling of possibility where anything was possible (until reality hit.) I would go from relationship to […]