Tag Archives: God

Win the Battle in 2017 by the Winning the Battle in the Kitchen

Couple learning together about winning over addiction “All things are lawful but I will not be mastered by anything. Food for the stomach and the stomach for food but both will be destroyed.” The Apostle Paul, 1st Corinthians, Chapter Six This topic is a bit personal to me. You see, back in 2009, I was struggling. I mean really struggling: depressed, in [...]
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Beat Your Addiction By Living Upstream

Walking upstream with addiction The Holidays are a time of family, food, and fun but without carefully taking inventory, things can quickly “get stuffed inside”. Without processing them in a healthy, self-reflective manner you can be close to a serious relapse without even thinking about it. What we say in our family is that if you’re going to have [...]
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Making Room for the Sacred this Holiday Season

Man holding on to cross during the holidays “But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering all of them in her heart” -Luke 2:19 When was the last time you busted out a journal or a diary (for you ladies) and wrote down your thoughts, feelings, emotions, deepest dreams and fears in a place that was sacred? According to many studies people who [...]
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Understanding Identity in Addiction Recovery: Who Told you That?

Woman on the shore As a pastor I get the holy and sacred privilege of talking with people at their most vulnerable moments in life. I’ve been with grown men who have wept at the bitter reality of life crumbling all around them and inside them. I have been with women who have dealt with relational pain and abuse [...]
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Fighting Addiction: Acknowledging the War

Man struggling with addiction on skyline Vacations are good but can you imagine living everyday with a recreational mindset? No responsibilities, no limits, no lane lines or guardrails? While it might sound appealing, those who have lived such lives see it as vanity (see the book of Ecclesiastes). Instead of approaching life with a recreational mindset the Bible seems to paint [...]
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