The green-eyed monster. That feeling that flashes through and infects you before you can even identify it. Jealousy. One of the pictures that comes to my mind when I think of jealousy is an old-school picture of the Ten Commandments. You know the one. It’s the one with a white haired Moses holding two stone …
Leaning into joy is an act of vulnerability. When we sit and soak in joy, we turn off hyper-vigilance and turn down our danger sensors. This feels like risk,
But recognizing the cause, in this case, does not lead to a resolution of the feeling. It often sucks us deeper into it when we set aside our distractions and numbing strategies and feel the sadness of the loss.
Fear is the most prominent emotion in our world right now. You may think, “whoa, I’m not afraid of a lot of things.” But fear is the base emotion of anxiety. Now that’s a word you ALL. THE. TIME. We mostly use the words anxiety and fear to describe undesirable states. Because the experience is …
I think emotions get a bad rap, especially around the church sometimes. I do see more and more pastors and speakers giving them a nod these days, but then I turn around and hear another speaker say the word “feelings” like an elementary school boy says “cooties”. “…their existence is not something we need to …
While Precious Moments will never come out with a “Table Flipping Jesus” figurine, I can still cherish the image I have of that moment in my heart.