Yearly Archives: 2018

Reconciliation: A Spiritual Resolution
General Resolutions As New Year’s Eve approaches, resolutions are on many people’s minds. According to a 2015 Nielsen […]

December 29, 2018 in Spiritual and Emotional Themes tagged Forgiveness / Mindfulness / New Year / Reconciliation / Resolutions / Spirituality by Barbara Stevens

Religion, Christmas, and Reason

Honoring the Return of the Sun The winter solstice has come and gone. Even as we venture into […]

December 22, 2018 in Reflections on Holidays tagged Christianity / Christmas / Love / Maya Angelou / Winter Solstice by Barbara Stevens

Addiction, Surrender, and the Holy

Surrendering to the Wrong Thing Twelve-step groups talk about surrender. Few of us, perhaps none of us, get […]

December 15, 2018 in Recovery Skills tagged Addiction / Depression / Emotions / Higher Power / Surrender / third step by Barbara Stevens

Monarch butterfly on a pink milkweed flower - the souls of our ancestors, accepting death — Accepting Death
The Monarch and the Milkweed Adult monarch butterflies spend the spring and summer in the United States and […]

December 8, 2018 in Spiritual and Emotional Themes tagged Afterlife / Death / Monarch Butterflies by Barbara Stevens

Luke, Transformation, and Preparation

Preparing for New Life Her initial preparation took years. At first, she didn’t realize she was preparing for […]

December 1, 2018 in Scripture Study tagged Choose life / Death / Forgiveness / Perparation / Social Justice / transformation by Barbara Stevens