In researching local churches to see if Marc and I might want to try another, my search grabbed a number of churches that teach spiritual divinity but certainly not scriptural relevance. In fact, I even found a church that spent a lot of time knocking prayer. Intercession prayer, in particular. They favor meditation and go into great depths explaining how judgmental Christians and the Church are, and how this new outlook very much breaks...
The fictional Carrie Bradshaw questioned her relationships for all of NYC to read. Real life Christian music artist Carlos Whitaker writes the most inspiring and honest articles that question his very Faith and everything we think we know about the Church. Like many other authors, I put thoughts into the world that might offend. One of my recent posts reflects on online privacy (oxymoron). Like any editorial tends to do, my post included anecdotes...
Like so many other diagnoses, we Americans like to toss around terms like “ADD” and “ADHD” casually. We like to blanket over why we forgot to send that birthday card on time. We like to make excuses as to why we do not make the time to pray, to eat healthy, and to exercise. We seem to enjoy disrespecting other people’s time by being chronically late. After all, we have self-justified excuses of all...
Thank you to Ryan Boyles, aka @theRab, for sharing this pic he took at the local Farmers’ Market. Cheers and love, Ashley Sue PS. Please forgive me for using the term “Big Guy”. Lame.
Aborting a child that you chose to become pregnant with… I pride myself on seeing grey, being able to explain all sorts of variables, different perspectives, and the frameworks that motivate people into different possible scenarios. I grew up thinking I would one day be a psychotherapist, and this facet of who I am makes me wonder why I did not.* Bettina Paige authored her autobiographical account, however, of deciding that she wanted to...
My walk into Faith and my recent dive into yoga have me hungry for more. I seek not enlightenment in the sense of – well, whatever it is that you think of when Buddha enters your mind – but a stronger sense of Faith, balance, self-esteem, and Love. So I did what any middle-America white yuppy is doing in my shoes. I decided to search for an exotic ashram to visit. My quest into...
Who Are You? Who do you want to be? I ask you not to confuse this with what you do. If your initial reaction was to answer with your profession, I ask you to rethink yourself. Granted, what you do can be a tell-tale indication of your nature. Then again, it may not. Your career, however, is not who you are. Most of my closest friends are certainly not defined by their profession, though...
Sometimes your world has to come to a complete halt so you can finally learn to stand still. Be present. That lovely cliche is so common through our new age lingo, yoga-centric, self-awareness obsessed culture. Kind of a trendy catch phrase, for some. Yet, being present is so necessary to our focus, our fertile imagination, and live vibrantly as our healthiest selves. Have you tried to “be present” however? For a long period of...
(Post Subtitle: How Useless Can My College Degree Be?) Mes Amis, If you could wake up tomorrow, and your life could be what you wanted to make of it, what would it look like? Without the ever-closer wedding looming, but instead happily behind me and full of joyful memories, I have time to think again. Maybe dwell is a more accurate word. I look at the house and all the work we need to...
Dear Hopeless, Trapped, or Confused, If you feel lost professionally, or even personally, maybe this question can help you figure out more about who you are: What are your top three dream jobs, real or completely made up? No judging yourself. No looking at my answers until you think of your own. No second guessing your gut. Trust me, it would be easy to think, “Shouldn’t I shoot for something loftier?” I made the...
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