For a Friend

[The servant] was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand… But the fact is, it was our pains he carried– our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But it was our sins that … Continue reading »

Skinny Arm Pose

Skinny Arm Pose

Have you noticed that young women pose on Facebook almost exclusively with the skinny arm pose? You know what I’m talking about. You, like me, may even be guilty of it… I am linking that conversation and pose self-mockery with friends to the paper I am writing today on anorexia. I always thought SELF IMAGE … Continue reading »

A Prayer Covering

A Prayer Covering

Advent Presbyterian Church in Memphis has a ministry that makes prayer shawls. I have been basking in the gift of this gorgeous prayer shawl for a little over a week now. It is providing for me a visual of the lessons in prayer God has been teaching me. I can’t quite consolidate them into paragraph … Continue reading »