Shadows Along the Walls

Shadows Along the Walls

We are nestled within our sanctuary, and here we stay. It’s four degrees outside and the wind chill is far lower than that. Frost clings to everything beyond the window as the moonlight reveals a shimmering glaze that coats the lawn around our home and the tree limbs...

Even If I Want To

Even If I Want To

What a relief it was to be free of the relentless obsession to drink! For several years, I had practiced the principles of recovery, and had established and grown in my relationship to God. I’d been through a lot. In my second year of sobriety I made huge financial...

Something In Us

Something In Us

When I introduce people to the gut microbiome, I begin by sharing that microbes, such as bacteria, are everywhere. They are not something we can isolate ourselves from. They have been found in the depths of the Mariana Trench and the heights of Mt. Everest. But what I...