by Merita | Oct 12, 2024 | Shining on God's Character
God's Heart in Your Storm I confess. I’m consumed with my beloved North Carolina mountains and the heartache of its people. Pain and shock. Lives changed forever. Death. Landscape destroyed. All things familiar swept away or damaged. Infrastructure gone. It’s trauma,...
by Merita | Sep 21, 2024 | Culture of Silence
Part II of a deleted scene from "Heartache of Promise." JoAnne lay on her bed. Her arms held her legs, doubled up, close to her body. Her matted hair lay strung across the pillow like seaweed washed onto sand. Except for her heaving chest, she didn’t move. Rose-Marie...
by Merita | Aug 22, 2024 | Culture of Silence
Second-hand Trauma... You may NOT have received horrible abuse (thank God if that’s true), but if you were close to it like I was, its effects run deep. I can assure you, second-hand trauma ain’t fun either. However, trauma is trauma, and it’s not a competitive sport,...
by Merita | Jul 18, 2024 | God of Our Ultimates
Choose Your Fear - Guest Blog by JeriAnne Berry The world today is a fearful place. Our amygdala is in overdrive. It clangs a warning. On the news, we see destruction. Our own problems and traumas increase our fear. We hear the alarm. Do we take flight or stay and...
by Merita | May 16, 2024 | Identity Restored
Are You Controlled? “No one controls me,” you say. Are you sure? Step back and take a hard look. What movies are available? What songs? What toys for your children or you when you were a child? What is repeated and emphasized in the “news?” The tragedies that are...
