I began to unravel during my third year on staff with The River Church. I experienced what I now recognize as a panic attack. It brought me to my knees, and though I managed to collect myself, pull up my bootstraps, and return to work, a few days later, I found myself...

In my journey, I see how often my pain has been denied and what it's required to survive, not thrive. I did everything I could to exist, at least. At that time in my life, I didn't know how to listen to my own needs. I wasn't attuned to my body and what it needed and...

The other night before bed, I read John 21:15-19. Jesus in this passage reinstates Peter after his thrice denial of him during his trial. Three times Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me?” In verse 17, it says that Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him a third time. As...

Psalm 46:10, Be still and know that I am God.” So much of the healing I've experienced has come through cultivating an intimate relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Now before we continue, let me give you one of the definitions I found for cultivating,...

The following post is written by a recent participant in our Healing Path 1 class. It had been a long time. Though I am only in my late twenties, I have already gone through many of the modern rites of passage into adulthood. I had moved out and lived on my own during...

Recently, I had lunch with some dear friends in their backyard. We sat and enjoyed one another's company for over two hours. When it was time for me to leave, they walked me to the door and hugged me. At first, I pulled back to protect myself but then realized each of...

This blog entry has been contributed by a friend of The Healing Path Ministries. In Luke 15 Jesus tells us about the parable of the Prodigal son, one we know all too well. There is a moment in the story however that recently caught my attention. For myself personally...

Often, we try to imagine how our healing will come. We hope a prophet of God will call our name out in a conference of 5000 people, and we will be wonderfully healed. Or perhaps we will go to a revival meeting and be “slain in...

Both in the Old and the New Testament, we see people experience the wilderness and find God in the midst of it. Moses came out of the wilderness, ready to lead God’s people out of Egypt: in the wilderness of Horeb, Elijah heard the still small voice of God. Hagar, the...

Matthew 7:1-2, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. I must confess I grow weary of the day to day judgments that I read and hear about. The volume...