Don’t look now, folks, but summer’s half over. Oh, my! Of course, I had to go and bring it up...which makes my stomach turn just a little. Sorry about that...but…
I love the way the ACTS Journal practically writes itself sometimes. With an almost uncanny knack for highlighting what needs to be said and heard that particular week. Granted, what…
If you're not familiar with Glennon Doyle Melton, allow me to introduce you. She calls herself a Recovering Everything. And I'll let her take it from here in her own…
Getting to know people {I mean, really know them} and letting them know us {again, I mean really} requires finding our way around a few blind spots and any number…
In a world that’s becoming more and more complex…sometimes simple works. ~ George Irwin So true…especially during “the most wonderful time of the year” that so often leaves us wondering why…
It was Carli's dress rehearsal for her debut performance in “The Nutcracker,” and I arrived just in time to find the stage alive with dancing Snow Flakes during the final…
It’s a great expression. One we hardly use anymore, and many of you have never even heard before…which explains the nostalgia it stirred up in me when Stan used it…
Every courageous move at the ACTS House is cause for celebration…and when the move is literal, as in two states away, it's only natural that a tinge of sadness will…
There comes a moment in every healing journey when it becomes clear that pretending just doesn't work anymore. It did for a long time, though...and it can be absolutely gut-wrenching to…
I’m not much of a game player myself, but when a friend wants to play board games for her birthday, I’m all in…dragging a big load of leftover fear and…