I’m going to be very personal here, but that’s ok in a blog once in a while, isn’t it? There’s a tiny little three-word snippet of a phrase in the Bible that drew my attention and encourages me in my effort to raise awareness about mental illness. It tells about Jesus’ crucifixion, something that involves […]

  Photo by Wes Bergen I never thought it possible for a group of adults to have such a wonderful time! To be as free as children in our silliness and in our laughter. But it did happen here last night on the island of Santorini in Greece where my husband and I were vacationing. […]

What keeps me so much a child, Lord? with a child’s sensitivity and loneliness inside. Children love in ways that grown-ups don’t. I remember special people who came into my life. They had an aura of love around them, a warmth and kindness I hungered for. I held them in reverence; they filled my need […]

This morning Church for Vancouver published my article, “Breaking Down Walls.” I was asked to write and submit this after telling the publisher that I had experienced the effects of stigma. I had felt many times that this had been the reason for the emotional pain I had suffered as the result of insensitive and […]