Quote:

"Love is the skillful pilot for true public awareness of true public needs."

Beloved friend and child warrior Dennis Mansfield

Credibility

The Reverend Billy Graham tells of a time early in his
career when he arrived in a small town to preach a sermon.
Wanting to mail a letter, he asked a young boy for
directions to the post office.

After being told the way by the lad, the Reverend Graham
thanked him, adding: "If you'll come to the Baptist church
this evening, you can hear me telling everyone how to get
to Heaven."

"I don't think I'll be there," the boy said. "You don't
even know your way to the post office."

Found quote:

“My ‘Poison Free’ tattoo stands for my recovery…my life depends on this tattoo.”

Hug Campaign

Why does embrace hold such power to disarm? Why would police stop public assembly to hug?

via cute chick at nu

quote:

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
--C.S. Lewis

People in churches hurt too

Depression, anxiety and panic attacks, medication, therapy? Wah... in the church? I thought these are the happy shiney people? They must not be trusting Jesus enough with their problems. (sarcasm)


"..There are various emotional diseases people are afflicted by. It may be like me with panic disorder. Quite often it is depression. Maybe it's OCD. Or maybe bi-polar or schizophrenia. I'm sure the list is longer...

There are churches out there that see these issues and their solutions in such a way that I believe further harms the very people the church should be embracing. That is tragic. It needs to stop."

Quote from 'e-runner' at what some may consider a controversy hot spot and what others might consider people talking feeling and trusting- or maybe it is somewhere in between. It is called phoenixpreacher.com a blog where some people dare to speak what they think. (intake of air)


Read the post he(?) has some good things to say.

Update: phoenixpreacher.com has been taken offline. However 'From the Ashes' continues to talk, feel, and trust.

2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pressed beyond measure; yes, pressed to great length;
Pressed so intensely, beyond my own strength;
Pressed in my body and pressed in my soul,
Pressed in my mind until the dark surges roll.
Pressure from foes, and pressure from dear friends.
Pressure on pressure till life nearly ends.

Pressed into knowing no helper but God;
Pressed into loving His staff and his rod.
Pressed into liberty where nothing clings;
Pressed into faith for impossible things.
Pressed into living my life for the Lord,
Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured.

A.B. Simpson

intent furthered by Freddy Mercury and David Bowie:

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure
That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets

Um ba ba bay
Um ba ba bay
Dee day duh
Ee day duh
thats ok

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming get me out!
Tomorrow takes me higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Day day day
da da dup bup bup
Okay

Chippin' around
kick my brains round the floor
These are the days
It never rains but it pours
Ee do bay bup
Ee do bay ba bup
Ee do bup
Bay bup
People on streets
Dee da dee da day
People on streets
Dee da dee da dee da dee da

It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out!
Tomorrow takes me high high higher
Pressure on people
People on streets

Turned away from it all
Like the blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
But it's so slashed and torn
Why why why?

(Love, love, love, love)

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love give love give love?
Give love give love give love give love give love give love?
Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care
For the people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way
Of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
this is our last dance
this is ourselves

This is ourselves
Under Pressure
Under Pressure
Pressure

Listen to the song:

"The Kid" Bruce Willis

This Disney movie about a workaholic executive who's inner child visits him is powerful for those in recovery doing work with their past. I saw only parts of the movie but it brought me to more greatly consider the experiences that I went through as a child and what they meant to me. If you are a workaholic who is out of touch with themselves put this on your considered viewing list.

Great Quotes:

"The Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 P.M. Please use the back door."

Stop Saber Abuse

"..part of recovery is relapse."

You think your recovery is rough? Try media coverage on your slips and slides. While Mr.H isn't to stoked about the video being released he does hope that it will speak to others. I think it will. I am saddened by the fact that his 16 year old daughter had to intervene. Who parents her? (see the video on the jump)

Relational "Bill Of Rights"

"Declaration of Interdependence"

I have the right to:
• Feel respected as a person.
• To be appreciated and not taken for granted.
• Effective communication as partners.
• To have my privacy respected.
• To not battle for control or power.
• Feel good about myself and our relationship.
• To trust validate and support each other.
• To grow within and outside our relationship.
• To my own separate opinions thoughts and choices.
• To choose to stay or leave in this relationship (Commitment is a chosen bond not a chain.)