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My Anxious God

I have a constant internal voice asking me anxious questions. But what’s truly bizarre is how easily I put this internal dialogue into God’s mouth. Without realizing it, my own impossible, contradictory standards become sacred obligations.

Brandon Booth

March 11, 2025

Unfolding Grace: Transforming Anxiety into Art

When I’m anxious I have an odd habit of folding paper. With anxious precision my fingers crease and re-crease a once-crisp sheet until it becomes worn and frayed. I don’t know why I do this, but it mirrors what’s going on inside my head. My thoughts, like the paper, fold and refold in on themselves until I’m worn out. Anxiety focuses my attention ever more narrowly. It crumples me up.

Brandon Booth

March 4, 2025

Freed to love my family

I am very grateful for my family and I desire to love them everyday, but I’ve got a problem… I often feel like an awful husband and father! It rarely feels like I have enough time, energy, and solutions to give my family. Even when I am present and attentive, I can feel inadequate because I haven’t solved all our problems and made everyone happy!

Peter Gammell

February 25, 2025

Jesus loves real people

I have many narratives, fears, and self-judgments that are deeply embedded in my heart. A particularly nasty duo of devilish dogmas has hounded me for as long as I can recall: “You could be so much better than you are right now” and “You’ll always falter short of the finish line.”

Peter Gammell

February 18, 2025

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