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

Identifying Emotional Abuse 2 Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv In my intention to bring empowerment and enlightenment about emotional abuse in the church, I want to highlight several more areas to take note of. The bible has much to say about abuse and mistreatment of others in the church, among spiritual leaders and outside the church. Often, there is more time spent talking about sexual sin and trying to control that, versus the sin of manipulation and abuse. God despises it. (Jame

Checking In On My Grief Journey Deborah M. Jackson, MDiv The Lord never leaves persons on their grief journey whether it’s 2 months or 10 years. It’s hard for me to believe that in a few days it will be 10 months since my mom’s death. There is no time for me, where I am not painfully aware of my mother’s absence from me in this world. No matter how many times I thought about her death, no matter how often I talked to the Lord about what was ahead, He knew there was no way to

Emotional abuse is still abuse full stop. No matter what type of relationship controlling, manipulating, devaluing and/or punishing are forms of emotional abuse. The most common type of emotional abuse is verbal. We tend to not think about abuse as often outside of family/marriage/relational settings, but emotional abuse takes place in any type of relationship. Last week I wrote an article about emotional abuse in the church and to close out that piece I wanted to empower you

Abuse Wrapped in Faith is Still Abuse There are few things more disheartening or debilitating than learning that someone you trusted is not who they appeared to be. Not only is it confusing but it can also become paralyzing. Each one of us has likely experienced a disappointment like this; I sure have. There is something uniquely excruciating when the circumstances of betrayal take place in the church; it possesses its own unique kind of emotional hold, conflict and paralysis

Figs to Formation: Looking Like Jesus It took almost 2 years for our fig tree to bear sustaining figs that didn’t fall away and die prematurely. Your word for today is it takes time for God to prepare us. In an atmosphere of immediate gratification and 30 second snippets please be reminded today that in Christ slow and steady is the only way to winning the race Paul discusses. It may not be popular to say; it is crucial to know and consume We want things now and to see the ha

I had been sleeping in a chair for a month. From the chair I went to the bed sleeping beside her; I needed to hear every breath. After a one-month evacuation due to hurricane Ida, and a few unexpected turns mom became bedridden in literally two days. After weeks by her side at 4:19 am October 8th, 2021, I held my momma close and watched as she breathed her last breaths in this life and transitioned to the next. The journey with her through cognitive decline, to Alzheimer’s to