You Don’t Need to Be Fixed
When you are in pain, you don’t need to be fixed. You don’t need to be labeled as broken, your feelings shoved into codified lists or prescribed stages. You don’t need to be pushed to get better fast. What you need are those things, those people, those places, those words, that come up underneath you […]
Multi-Sensory Care
Brain scientists say the brain sits in the dark, silent box of the skull unaware of what is going on until the five senses send their information there to be interpreted. The church, trying to share its messages of love, concern and hope, has long depended upon the visual and auditory pathways to get our […]
Happy Reunions
The most underestimated ministry? That’s easy! The ministry of presence is far and away the most essential, most powerful, yet most underestimated of all forms of ministry. Consequently, it’s the most neglected. Too often, I see even friends and family members avoid one another because they “don’t know how” to be present or “don’t know […]