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Crossing My Bridges Blog
INSPIRATIONAL AND MOTIVATIONAL STORIES
Five Things To Do in an Art Gallery to Problem Solve
Art bypasses the cognitive brain and your rational thinking and works in the liminal space between the subconscious, where you are much more likely to access solutions from deep within and your soul and heart center. Here is my list of Five Things to do when visiting an Art Gallery to help you find solutions to problems.
Resources for Healing Spiritual Wounds
. Children are helpless to escape from traumatic or ongoing trauma, developing their own mechanisms, which become a learned behavior in their bodies.
IS THE TREE OF LIFE IN BRAZIL?
Amazon Fores Photo by David Riaño Cortés on Pexels.com In welcoming you to my world this week I want to talk about the country I would most like to visit. I have always wanted to visit Brazil and see the Amazon. I have visited many countries in my lifetime, from the...
The Lochs
It was difficult terrain to reach the last few steps to get level with the bridge to cross over the deep ravine, a reminder that the last stage of life can be the most difficult. This was where William Wordsworth penned “The Highland Maid,” a love poem to a woman he was smitten with in this place.
God on the Mountain is also God of the Forest
. No sooner had I thought this when a calming Presence said to me, “you are not alone, I am with you, and while you are about it why don’t you just check out all the amazing plants, I created below you.” So, I got out my sketch pad and started to draw the wonderful and unique plants that I could see from my vantage point,
Suffer the Children to Come Unto Me
Through the process of creativity, God can begin His work of realigning thoughts and releasing the trauma that is held in the body with His redeeming love.
LOVING ‘OTHERS’
When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, he replied, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself. All the other commandments and demands of the prophets stem from these two laws and are fulfilled if you obey them.”
THE SCAPEGOAT
How can we live in Christ’s victory or build resilience in the violent culture around us? How do we call out those in power to deal with unjust policies? It all starts in the Father’s heart to forgive, as Jesus forgave, by His wounds we are healed. As individuals build resilience and heal, we bring healing into the world with us instead of carrying the guilt and shame of those who chose us as their’ scapegoat.’
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND WOUNDS
When the church is not the refuge we had hoped for and adds to the abuse, we have nowhere to turn.