Archive for August, 2009
A little less golden
I am a rainbow of emotions from excruciating sadness pulling on my chest and tugging at my soul to tearful and transcending joy at breaking free from past chains and captive prisons and all the colors in between . . . I am flummoxed, discovering on my last day a coffee cup planter on the [...]
A Theology of Care
My theology of pastoral care focuses on transformation; that is, the change from a state of “brokenness” to a “healing” state of being. All humans from the day they are born are broken. Psychologist Abraham Maslow, for example, identifies physiological, psychological, and spiritual limitations humans need to address in order to survive. The ultimate human [...]
I am a loser…
I am a loser… I got lost, trying to find him in this damn place… I am a loser… I lost my life a long time ago and now he is losing his… I am a loser… I lost his middle name; dammit, quit asking me questions… I am a loser… I lost my cool [...]