• We Were Made for a Theocracy

    “If we elect (insert name of undesired candidate here), it will be end of democracy in America!” Some version of this statement was made by people of both parties in the last election. As the campaign season progressed, both parties became more and more vehement in their predictions of the terrible things that would happen…

  • Come Home

    “Oh, there’s no place like home for the holidays.” For many, the lyrics to this old Christmas song ring true. The word “home” conjures memories of loving family members, the warm kitchen scented by recently baked pies, laughter around the dinner table, after-dinner board games, and all-around fun. For many though, this isn’t what “home”…

  • The “Prophetic Perfect” as a Way of Life?

    Well laddies and lassies, it has been a wee while since I wrote a blog! Since my last blog, I have retired from the field of medicine, moved from New Mexico to Washington (state, not DC), and gone on a much-needed real vacation with my besties to…you guessed it, Scotland. Meanwhile, the topic for this…

  • Let go of everything that doesn’t serve…whom?

    Between my own personal reading and various book clubs, I’ve read a LOT of personal growth or “self help” books. I can’t tell you how many times in those books I’ve been told to “let go of everything that doesn’t serve you.” At first, I understood the sentiment. I mean after all, it IS a…

  • Why I Do Practice Yoga, But Don’t Say “Namaste”, And Why Yoga May Not Be For Every Christian

    Yoga is one of those things that can really divide the Christian community.  One contingent says “it’s just stretching, it can’t be harmful”.  Another contingent says “it’s part of Eastern Mysticism, Hinduism, New Ageism (or some other ‘ism’ that definitely isn’t Christian)”.  My fence-sitting view is that both are right, or can be right, and…