Category Archives: Spiritual Healing
The Boxer’s Backlash 1 Corinthians 9:26-27
“I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I … Continue reading
Learning to Live in a Body That Fits: Part 5 of 5
The Weight Loss Series by Dara Dietz Article 5: I stopped losing weight at 235 pounds. Not because the program stopped working. Not because I got tired or gave up. I stopped because I needed to let the emotional side … Continue reading
The Brain Comes First Part 3 of 5
The Weight Loss Series by Dara Dietz By late 2016 I had done decades of spiritual and emotional work. I had forgiven the men who abused me. I had forgiven my parents. I had gathered up the discarded child in … Continue reading
Whatever Good May Come Part 2 of 5
The Weight Loss Series By Dara Dietz “We can’t change the past, but we can gather up its lessons and move on, stronger and wiser. We can’t control the future, but we can send our dreams ahead of us to … Continue reading
The Weight Behind the Weight Part 1 of 5
The Weight Loss Series By Dara Dietz “When you find the door locked and barred, turn around and look for the window. You will find you now have wings to fly.” Between August 2017 and May 2019, I Shed 240 … Continue reading
SOULMATES
As long as there is life there is growing to do, a becoming more than we currently are, it is often painful and can require serious effort on our part to stay the course. I found this journal entry and … Continue reading
A Scriptural Healing Plan for Overcoming Addiction
by Tim Jennings, M.D. All addictions – whether drug or alcohol related, sexual, or relational – meet the same definition: “the compulsive engagement in behaviors that bring short-term reward but long-term destruction.” No matter the addiction that brings short-term pleasure, … Continue reading
The Deeds that Make a Life
A choice can be a simple thing, a moment in time with little apparent significance. Yet, moving through time, from childhood into adulthood, all those little choices add up to make a life. We build our characters, personalities, destinies, … Continue reading
THANKFULNESS AND YOUR HEALTH
Used by Permission: by Dr. Tim Jennings Does it really matter whether we give thanks to others, live lives that express our gratitude outwardly, or whether our thanks is a more inward experience focusing on how we have been blessed … Continue reading
FEAR: THE MEDIUM OF DEATH; LOVE: THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
Used by Permission: by Dr. Tim Jennings Winston Churchill said, “There is nothing to fear except fear itself.” Have you ever wondered about that famous statement? Imagine walking a four-inch wide balance beam placed securely on the ground, your feet … Continue reading