Vision and Recovery

“Alice: ‘I don’t care where.’ Cheshire Cat, “Then it doesn’t matter which way you go’ – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

Knowing where your life is headed is one of the most powerful and valuable elements of recovery. Recovery requires a vision of our future self. Without a vision that pulls us forward our efforts at sobriety, mental wellness, and recovery are unsustainable. Life is simply too hard and if we don’t have a reason to get up when it knocks us down over and over again, we’ll just give up and stay down. This vision must be able to weather the storms of life and be the North Star to guide us no matter how far off course we have gone.

A parable about a man who only wants to take and cares not for asking, gratitude, or relationship.

The power of addiction can only be broken with a more powerful vision of life. One that is compelling enough to sustain us through the darkest valleys and also paints a vibrant picture of the person we are becoming and the blessing we will be.

“What carries you is your vision of life. And when you have that right, you are able to make sensible decisions that simplify your life and make it easy.” – Dallas Willard

An short article about the importance of the Imago Dei to help those struggling with addiction to gain sobriety, recovery, and spiritual formation in Christlikeness (Imago Christi).

Distilling wisdom from Colossians and Philemon from a work perspective. Originally published on the Theology of Work website.

As we gaze at the shining faces of this year’s grads setting off to make the world a better place, we do our part by teaching them the way of Jesus in this world. As one body, one church, we stand firm in the Lord and together we pray God’s blessing upon them as they join us in God’s holy calling of work.

What we bring into our minds, what we chose to think about, forms the mental furniture that fills our thought life and initiates a range of feelings, desires, and responses that direct our life.

My fridge is covered in pictures, art, quotes, and various nick-naks collected on our trips decorating every visible surface. There are enough magnets holding these various items to create a gravity well which helps explain why I am often fixated on the contents of the fridge; excess gravity.