by Lauren A Jennings | Sep 18, 2015 | Community, Emotions
I am a lecturer. When someone tells me about a problem, it’s instinctive for me to state the truth, express my opinion and offer advice. It is not instinctive for me to listen. Before I got married, I thought of myself as a good listener. When people would...
by Lauren A Jennings | Aug 17, 2015 | Community, Spirituality
This weekend, David and I will celebrate our first year of marriage. An African proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. For us, the village that our young marriage needs is just another way of expressing our dependence on our church family, the body of...
by Lauren A Jennings | Jul 16, 2015 | Emotions
I carry stress in my body like deadweight. When I go to the chiropractor, my neck and shoulders crack like they’re made of concrete. I have slight pain in my upper body almost all of the time. It is, in part, 27 years of poor alignment habits that my healthy...
by Lauren A Jennings | Jun 24, 2015 | Spirituality
In my last post, I wrote about waiting. I have been trying to figure out what work to pursue now that I have recovered from my depression. The LORD stuck a song in my head about waiting, a song that persisted, a song that wouldn’t go away. I was frustrated with...
by Lauren A Jennings | May 27, 2015 | Spirituality
Inside my season of joy is a restlessness. I gave up my English classroom at the end of January because my bipolar had made me unwell. David and I took that step in faith, laying aside any career for me until such a time as God would heal me. He has done it, and it is...
