My friend Bill Brown, a professor at Columbia Theological Seminary and my occasional Sunday School teacher, wrote an amazing Easter piece here that discusses the empty tomb of Easter as almost prescient to the situation we find ourselves in, as we sit in quarantine due to COVID19. After all, Jesus’ first appearance after resurrection was to…
The Greatest Power in the Universe Is Not Love.
I am in so much pain right now. I can’t eat. I can’t sleep well. All I do is cry or try to hide my crying from others. Before my best girlfriend died last week, she said, “You’ve been through so much,” and I told her that I wouldn’t trade it, because I am an…
To My Dearly Departed Person: A Letter About Grief
When I moved to Decatur in 2008, you were my first friend and quickly became my best one. We had both just moved to the Winnona Park neighborhood, didn’t know anyone and were trying to find our group. So our group started with each other. From the beginning, you were trying to get me to…
How to Forgive Yourself When You Can’t: Seek Humility
I got our dog back when my ex-husband, John, died in January. John caught a viral infection of the heart and was recovering when he developed sepsis and passed. It was excruciating to all of us to lose him. Our divorce was final two weeks before he landed in ICU, which was a blessing considering…
What I Learned in Rehab: Join Me at the Atlanta Science Festival to Hear More
I hope that you will join me this Thursday, March 22, 2018, at 7pm at First Christian Church of Decatur at the Atlanta Science Festival panel entitled INTERSECTIONS OF SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY & ADDICTION. Our panel is made up of the top addiction scientists in Atlanta,including Dr. Michael Kuhar, the most cited professor and researcher at…