by Carolyn Pereira | May 11, 2023 | Relationship with God, Role of Religion, When life is Hard |
“I’m sorry” Two simple words with such deep layers of meaning…. and yet we toss them about flippantly, seldomly stopping to contemplate the other side. “I’m sorry”, has become synonymous with “Oops… aren’t I cute anyway? How can you stay...
by Carolyn Pereira | Jul 26, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Fitness, When life is Hard
The word mortification is a terrifying one. It literally comes from the Latin mortificare that means “to put to death”, specifically, in traditional understanding, “the desires of the flesh”. It was considered essential for salvation back in...
by Carolyn Pereira | May 18, 2022 | Personal Growth, Spiritual Fitness, When life is Hard
Intro to the New Life of Grace Series! As I write this I am tired, spent from the demands of another long day. I sit down to refuge in the sound and the texture of my .05 G2 as it softly and smoothly scratches its shiny black ink across the page to let some of the...
by Carolyn Pereira | Mar 1, 2022 | Endurance, Seasonal Reflections, When life is Hard |
Is it even possible to Embrace a Cross? We all have crosses. Maybe they are objectively horrible, or only intolerable to us. But we all suffer and it is always more than we can handle. Matthew 16:24 exhorts: “Take up your cross…” and yet our tendency...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Feb 8, 2022 | Christian Goal Setting, Personal Growth, When life is Hard
I guess experience makes me qualified to write about failure. From where I sit, when I look at the grand scheme of all my plans, by all outward appearance at this moment in my life, I am one. I’ve worked for many years to learn all the S.M.A.R.T. things and do all the...
by carolynpereira1311@hotmail.com | Sep 19, 2021 | Endurance, Self Care, When life is Hard
Is Self-Care compatible with Christian Death-to-Self? This question is especially important in a culture where self-care is preached as the solution to every problem and depression is still at an all time high. Are we just not doing enough “self-care”?...
