DEMENTIA CAREGIVER GRIEF SUPPORT
First Presbyterian Church of Tuscaloosa, Alabama
"Tracing Faith: New Perspectives on Caregiver Grief and the Gospel" 

Exhaustion is real! The kind of exhaustion I’m talking about is different than being burned out or tired. Exhaustion in this way shuts down our ability to see, hear and respond to life with clarity and expectation. Jesus’ human life teaches us the necessity of balance, rest, and recovery. So often in the scriptures we see where Jesus poured out and then Jesus retreated to be alone – He separated. He did not do this only because He was Jesus the Savior, He did it because He un

When my dad died it was a trauma w/o warning or preparation. One minute we were talking on the phone, the next, five people were knocking at my door telling me he was dead. I can’t tell you how many people would say to me “how beautiful a death” it was because he died in the church pulpit. But losing my daddy wasn’t beautiful - it syphoned the oxygen out of our lives - it broke our hearts. It took years and years to work through the impact of losing my dad. It was like peelin

In my experience some of the most transforming dialogues regarding singleness do not focus on sexual sin and getting single people married to avoid it. They focus on who we are becoming. While I understand the various audiences, intentions, values and missions across the Christian church, the predominant numbers of these dialogues are being led by married people. Marriage nor a seasoned married life is the most effective prerequisite for singleness discussions. Last week on m

What if top on our priority list was to simply look after one another? Last year when mom and I evacuated from Hurricane Ida to Lake Tuscaloosa. It was a very difficult time for me as a lot was going on behind the scenes with great shift in my mom’s health. On the heels of a procedure for her, I brought her home, and began to pack all night long planning our five hour trip to Alabama. She was unaware of the strain and tension that mounted inside of me. Right in the middle of

For a long time I’ve been investing the significance of creation as it relates to our own human experiences, and healing. Gardening, writing, meditation, music, reflection, community, food, and so many other things offer to us not only pleasures, but a pathway on how to navigate the tough parts of life. Recently, I may have shared in my most recent visit at an Equestrian ranch where I had my 1st riding lesson. Here I met Frances and began to embark on a new soul-enriching ven

It’s okay to outgrow a relationship. Just because God orchestrates a relationship in one season, doesn’t mean it was meant forever. Endings are often sad, painful and difficult to accept. Listen, just because something is painful does not mean it is not God’s will and process. Jesus himself learned obedience through what He suffered not what He triumphed (Hebrews 5:8) As we mature inwardly, outward manifestations will follow. What God permits is purposeful - even when it’s un