Man, some days I just have to shake my head and pause. I catch myself saying some mean things, "People are stupid." But fifty percent of the time, I have to catch myself, because I am one of the people. Boy, do I look dumb. (Trust me, just
I'm sitting in an Aspen cafe as I write this post, a place I'd never been before this trip, a place known for where the rich and famous gallivant around in their wealth and relax in their luxury ski chalets. Not somewhere I fit in. In
I feel that humans generally fall into two camps about inner brokenness: Purging or Promoting. Purgers are the people who see their own brokenness or other's and seek to purge it out. Broken=Bad. Get rid of it, hide it, cure it, fix it, regulate it into oblivion.
Someone cuts you off in traffic, what do you feel? Anger. Some drunk driver hits your friend’s car and runs off, what do you feel? Anger. Maybe righteous anger, but what makes anger righteous? Righteousness is a Bible word that means acting in accordance with the divine will of
Brokenness really highlights the instabilities in life. It can make everything feel scary, and thus finding your bearings or feeling grounded and certain of anything becomes harder. Often broken people, trauma victims especially, are vulnerable to lies and deception as a result of distrust in our own judgement. If you