When Anger Becomes Your Normal Some stories begin with a quiet ache. Others start with a slam; the sound of dishes, doors, and dignity hitting hard surfaces. For author, minister, and licensed chaplain Nanci Lamborn, anger was the air she breathed. A turbulent...
When it comes to healing from the pain of our past, many of us focus on our thoughts or emotions, but what about the trauma our bodies carry? In a recent podcast conversation with Dale Hodgeson, longtime story work facilitator and member of the Narrow Gate team in...
If you’ve ever felt the sting of a broken relationship or wondered if true healing is possible, you’re not alone. So many of us carry wounds from our past, ruptures in relationships, shame we can’t seem to shake, or the quiet ache of disconnection. I sat down with my...
We hear about human trafficking on the news, see the signs in airport bathrooms, and read headlines online — but rarely do we imagine it affecting the girl next door. The reality is, sex trafficking is happening in every state, including right here in Arizona. Arizona...
Can you imagine what it must have been like traveling the 2,170 miles of the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory? Let’s say that you were among the first to travel in 1811 when the trail was only wide enough to use by walking or on...
Dysfunctions tumble down through the generations, “piggybacking” on each other. Some of us have been victims of multigenerational tidal waves of dysfunction. To whatever degree you’ve been negatively affected by family dysfunction, I want you to know: It didn’t start...
What is hope? What have you heard about it? What do you think it is? Sometimes it seems hope is offered as a vague antidote to suffering, leading to more questions than answers. “Just have hope!” people say. Is it a magic medicine that cures all ills? Or,...
Honesty and openness in the conversation of suffering...it's what we need! Naomi, in the book of Ruth, expresses her pain openly, and feels no pressure to put on a face of pretense. Naomi saw and felt the reality of her suffering, and even more importantly, she saw...
Twenty years after my only sibling and brother died, I struggled again. I wrestled with unanswered questions, trying to understand why God didn’t save him from taking his life. Through the lens of my grief and pain, I was wavering in my belief in who I thought God...