When there’s nothing in the tank, there is more
Tag: mental health
I show up (except when I don’t)
I show up because I can’t not. But I’m learning a new way.
Where it’s summer all year ’round
There’s an invincible summer that lives within you–and it has a name.
Shalom into Sheol
In this quiet season, there is a small voice whispering.
State of Wonder: One year later
104 things I want to tell you about my year of covid but probably never will
All things means all things
Philippians 4:13 isn’t just for football players and actors. It’s also for the impossible everyday.
Fresh out
It’s tough to feel anything but dried up these days. Poetry helps. So does reading the Word. (One more than the other.)
The tyranny of time made beautiful
Even as I kid, I desperately felt like I’m running out of time, never able to do or be enough. But God can use even that curse to make something beautiful.
Would Jesus talk about you the way you talk about you?
CHECK IN: What’s your self-talk like these days? I bet it’s way worse than usual. Mine sure is. Here’s just a sample of the names I’ve called myself in the past couple days. LoserFailureLazyBullySelfishHoarderUnfit parent I’ve also repeatedly “reassured” myself with thoughts like, “It’s okay that your body isn’t young anymore. You were never pretty …
Jesus isn’t ashamed of your panic attack
Y’all, I had an actual panic attack last night. Not normal for me. It wasn’t even about anything important—I was gaming online, doing too many new things at once, and melted down. It was bad enough that my brain crashed. That I ran from my computer and abandoned my friends. That I cried over something …
Body-positive alternatives to fasting
You ever get triggered on someone else’s behalf? That’s me writing about fasting. I suffered with disordered eating for 20 years. It wasn’t until coming to Christ that I saw any lasting recovery, and while there’s still a ways to go, I’m grateful that God has healed my particular brand of crazy to the point …
The State of the Ellie: October 2019
Of more delays, a mental break (and repair), and arting outside the box.