by Elisabeth | Jun 24, 2022 | abuse, emotions, faith, friendship, healing, heart, pain, wholeness
Several years ago, I was walking along the beach with someone I loved deeply. And she said to me, quietly, I have a secret. Okay, I said. I want to tell you but I’m not sure I should, she said. Okay, I said. We were both quiet. Then I said, nothing you tell me can...
by Elisabeth | May 13, 2022 | friendship
A while back I met a few people for tea. On the way home, I was feeling..…odd. Discontent. Judged. Invisible. It was really weird. I felt like I had been an unnecessary person at that table, 90% of the talking being done by the others, and when I was asked a...
by Elisabeth | Apr 29, 2022 | Church, friendship, pain, redemption
I spoke at a retreat a ways back and though I touched on quite a few points in the two talks I gave, one of the topics I broached was one of my sin stories. I think I have this thing with just telling complete strangers all the details of my life and then letting...
by Elisabeth | Nov 12, 2021 | emotions, friendship, healing, heart, judgment, pain, wholeness
I dreamt that I ran into Beth Moore and she suggested we have a slumber party. Obviously. And as we were lounging around in our pink matching jammies (because why not?), she asked me, “If you could have anything in the world right now, what would it be?” My automatic,...
by Elisabeth | Oct 1, 2021 | abuse, friendship, wholeness
tox·ic /ˈtäksik/ poisonous, venomous, dangerous, destructive, harmful, unsafe, injurious tox·ic person someone who is poisonous, venomous, dangerous, destructive, harmful, unsafe, injurious I think that when we think of a toxic person, we tend to think of someone who...
by Elisabeth | Aug 20, 2021 | difficult marriage, divorce, e-course, emotions, friendship, healing, heart, wholeness
Question: How do you stop obsessing about what your ex-husband is doing with his life? How do you detach from someone that you were literally linked to as “one flesh” for years and years? The same way you spit out the elephant you’ve been eating for years…one bite at...
