We must normalize the awareness of the realities of mental illness, especially within the church. We must remove the negative stigmas surrounding therapy and counseling. One of the most common and most hurtful phrases I heard in my journey with mental illness was...
You have the healing touch, even if you may not realize it. It is not a supernatural gift, but a common gift, one given to us all. We are born to be healers, along with other vocations, to help us navigate this world as vulnerable beings. We have the power to hear one...
The bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices.
The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times. from Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Naturally, since its designed to hide its opposite, the pretense chosen by the evil is most commonly the pretense of love. from People of the Lie
The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich. In the early nineteenth century, fifteen hours was the ordinary day's work for a man; children sometimes did as much, and very commonly did twelve hours a day. When meddlesome busybodies...