Month: May 2025

1. Submit ourselves to God

No person has ever died for us. Only Jesus has. No one on earth is able to counsel, comfort and heal us perfectly. Only the Holy Spirit can. He is our Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV  For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Just as He gave up His perfect body for us, Jesus invites us to give up our imperfect selves to Him so that He can make us more like Him, through the power of His Holy Spirit. This is the reason He died; to give us His life. First, we need to choose to die to our past and leave it behind so we can receive Jesus’ new life.

John 11:25 ESV  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

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Is White Paint Racist? Norwegian Government Funds Research to Find Out

 Norway’s University of Bergen is funding a study called ‘How Norway Made the World Whiter,’ or ‘NorWhite,’ to answer the pressing question…

Norway’s University of Bergen is funding a study called ‘How Norway Made the World Whiter,’ or ‘NorWhite,’ to answer the pressing question of whether or not white paint helped historically contribute to white supremacy and help to make  “the world whiter.”

The question is posed from a historical perspective looking at if, and how, the creation and widespread use of titanium white paint contributed to toxic views of race.

 

Is White Paint Racist? Norwegian Government Funds Research to Find Out

Returning Home

Ben wanted to say something, but no words came. This conversation had gone wildly different from the ones he’d rehearsed.

Judah wasn’t quite done though. “Now look at us, you and me. How fitting: two prodigals standing here on Prodigal’s Point. But how ironic: the wandering prodigal has come home, while the homebound prodigal has not. That’s why you found me here, Ben. I’ve been trying to get up the nerve to return home.”

Ben, simultaneously laughing and crying, said, “Well, Jude, if you’re looking for an experienced guide, I’m your man — having recently become something of an expert in returning home. But I should warn you: when you speak to Dad, you won’t get more than a few words out before you find yourself swept away in a current of fatherly affection.”

“Yeah, I know,” Judah said, smiling. “Our father and his prodigal sons. But before you so expertly guide me home, I need to say something to you, and I’m probably not going to say it right. But forgive me, Ben, for what I’ve done to you through my terrible, sinful selfishness.”

Ben’s wordless bear hug was all the response Judah needed.

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Adult Life Patterns Indicating More Severe or Sustained Childhood Trauma:

  • Attraction to or attracting dangerous situations or people
  • Frequent illness or accidents
  • Estrangement from family, sibling issues, bitterness, unforgiveness
  • Anger towards opposite sex, anger towards self
  • Denial of the past, denial of pain, inability to cry, dissociation from emotions
  • Addictive behaviors, eating disorders, isolation, introversion, existential depression
  • Avoidance behavior, avoiding foods, places, activities, memories, situations or people
  • An exaggerated sense of responsibility for the underdog
  • Giving more than receiving, personal gains always followed by losses, over-functioning, overworking, under-rewarded
  • Unwanted supernatural or spirit presences, inexplicably sensitive, large antennas for sensing danger
  • Excessive introspection, thinking, contemplating, worrying, working to figure things out, survival strategies

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