WGA blog

Addiction is often fueled by self neglect.  In the midst of our busy lives, we tend to let the little things that we need to do in order to take better care of ourselves slip away. We neglect our needs for a variety of reasons.  “I am too busy,” or “It takes too much...

As I read the news headlines I am aware of the arrests of individuals for Sexual Offenses.  Initially, I think of the person who was abused and the long-term impact on their lives.  I know it is a long path to work through the issue of Sexual Abuse. I have worked with...

Having raised the question, I must admit that it is a loaded one. There is no entirely good time to leave a church. There is loss, even when one joyfully moves a long distance to advance a career or marries someone from another congregation and joins it. Among other...

For a couple of hours on Saturday mornings, I can be found gathered around a table with five other women sharing life together as sisters in Christ.  We decide on a book to read, a chapter a week, and discuss our perceptions, lessons, questions, insights that we...

For years, we have heard arguments about how Mattel’s Barbie doll has created unrealistic expectations about body types. I would add that it isn’t only Barbies that are part of the problem. We have images in our faces all day long telling us what “beauty” is supposed...