by WGA Leader | Aug 11, 2020 | WGA Blog
Hope does not disappoint us (Rom 5:5) I often tell people that my life has been one dream come true after another. Indeed, many of my favorite imaginations have become realities as my life has unfolded. When I talk about it, I know myself that it all sounds to good...
by Scott Kingry | Aug 2, 2020 | Addiction, WGA Blog
“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard and valued; when they give and receive without judgement; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” Brene Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection Out of Sewer...
by Mary Heathman | Jul 29, 2020 | WGA Blog
“Prone to wander, Lord I feel it, prone to leave the God I love……” (Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, hymn by Robert Robinson) A familiar personal battle, one with which most of us can identify—the war within ourselves between two mutually exclusive motives and...
by Roger Jones | Jul 21, 2020 | Family & Friends, WGA Blog
Don’t Freak Out This is easier said than done. Most people today know and love others within the LGBTQ+ Community. Hearing this news from your child can feel very different than hearing it from a friend or distant family relation. This “coming out” that your child has...
by Scott Kingry | Jul 14, 2020 | Addiction, WGA Blog
“You would like to know how I behave when I am experiencing pain, not writing books about it. You need not guess, for I will tell you; I am a great coward. But what is that to the purpose? When I think of pain—of anxiety that gnaws like fire and loneliness that...
by Mary Heathman | Jul 7, 2020 | WGA Blog
Comfort often comes to me through the way the Bible places praise in so many prominent places in its teachings. Often, just as the Psalmist is lamenting about great suffering, there is the sense of an intentional turn, a decision to focus attention God-ward. In the...
