by alteredstoriesministry | Apr 22, 2020 | Energy Blog
How are we doing, really? And how is our sanity measured — by how we stay connected, how much Vitamin D we’re getting, how many projects we’re finally getting to? Maybe we should pump the brakes. Not every expanse of time needs to be optimized. Not every waking...
by alteredstoriesministry | Jan 29, 2020 | Energy Blog
Photo Credits Steinar Engeland I work in a busy office as a receptionist – as Gatekeeper, I greet clients, answer phones, field questions, confirm meetings and deliver documents. All this is secondary, I feel, to my higher calling of whispering prayers, calming...
by alteredstoriesministry | Jan 2, 2020 | Energy Blog
As I gaze at the cascading fields of golden corn stubble on this quiet, misty farm morning, I think about how life is fluid. You can remain in a space for a time…but you can’t grip the things you love and hold on to them forever. They move. We move. Life...
by alteredstoriesministry | Dec 26, 2019 | Energy Blog
I like the hush and quiet of winter, but I’m not fond of the early descent of darkness. I struggle with depression. There. I said it. Depression is real. There’s no shame in having this diagnosis. Winter just happens to pack a little less light. Winter is my...
by alteredstoriesministry | Dec 19, 2019 | Energy Blog
This message is bathed in hope for the parent who has not heard from her kids, who might not see them at Christmas. I want you to know it won’t always be this way. 1 Peter 5:10 My late husband, Roger, was fond of saying, “Let’s make the kind of memories that keep the...