by Deryn | Mar 17, 2022 | Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Seasons of Life, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
Shirley and Thy after the operation on her leg This month’s interview is with Thy Cameron, a mother who lost her only child Shirley to cancer. This painful experience she shares with others to help them. Even in her sharing, she feels pain in the margin of loss.... 
by Deryn | Mar 3, 2022 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE
Photo by Omer Unlu on Pexels.com Continuing the theme of Margins, I am exploring borders. The first thing that comes to mind is a National Border, separating one country from another. You cannot cross from one country to another without a passport, visa, or required... 
by Deryn | Feb 1, 2022 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A sermon given by an LGBTQ woman talking about people living on the margins of a society deeply touched me at the end of last year. She was describing how God created margins right at the beginning. He created Day and Night. It was not a... 
by Deryn | Jan 19, 2022 | Divorce, Grief, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, Transitions, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Photo by Jackson David on Pexels.com WOMEN HE REDEEMED Jesus must have known and understood the abuse, lack of value and respect as well as the generational trauma that women had to endure, that was the result of the old system when he sought out the women whose... 
by Deryn | Jan 6, 2022 | Divorce, Grief, LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, SOCIAL JUSTICE, SPIRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL WOUNDING, TRANSFORMATION, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, Widowhood
Photo by RODNAE Productions on Pexels.com The sermon series run in our church during Advent highlighted the women in Jesus’ genealogy. This is probably the first time I have heard these women being honored as part of Jesus genealogy. As I sat and listened to... 
by Deryn | Dec 28, 2021 | LANDSCAPES OF LIFE, LEARNING JOURNEYS, Real Life, Retirement, Seasons of Life, TRANSFORMATION, TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
I doubt that 2021 will go down in history as the best year ever for many people. It has been a long grinding year of wondering when this pandemic will be over and we can get back to normal again. Normal may have already happened for some of you, but for us living here...
