Attachment Relationships
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Prayer as a Way of Being in the World
In The Awakened Heart, Gerald G. May writes, “I think most people have trouble with prayer because prayer is really an act of love, and therefore demands vulnerability. As with the love, the more we try to control prayer, the… Continue reading
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Negotiating Neurodiversity for Mutual Satisfaction
I’m a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). It’s a type of neurodiversity. It’s not an official psychological diagnosis yet like ADHD. But my husband has a mild version of ADHD and I mentally frame the needs of our brains and nervous… Continue reading
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The Pitfalls of “Christian Nice”
I once knowingly got engaged to a man who had formerly slept with prostitutes. Writing those words and seeing them on the page now fills me with horror. What?! I can’t believe I did that. But at the time, I… Continue reading
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It Is Not My Job to Form My Children
“It is not your job to form your children.” My spiritual director spoke those words to me in the middle of our last session. They sank deep and far. I teared up and had to breathe deep. My eldest daughter… Continue reading
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My Experience with Biblical Womanhood as Gospel Truth
I recently read Sarah Bessey’s book, Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women. This book was published in 2013, so I’m about a decade behind in getting around to this one. I put it off for… Continue reading
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Fair Play: A Self-Assessment and Evaluation of Labor Distribution in the Home
Besides re-evaluating my work life, I’ve also been re-evaluating some things about my home life. In late January there was a week I was so out of sorts and dissatisfied and unsure about so many aspects of my life that… Continue reading
Danielle Klafter 