The challenge of endurance
When you take up the challenge of Metanoia, the challenge of transformation, you are commiting to a struggle, a struggle that will...
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Wendy Elzinga
Jul 12, 20202 min read
People
Today's 5 minute Friday prompt is PEOPLE and I love this because...Wow, what a broad subject to try to write about in 5 minutes! I have...
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Wendy Elzinga
Jun 19, 20203 min read
To Know your God is to Know your worth
“What is the price of five sparrows? A couple of pennies? Not much more than that. Yet God does not forget a single one of them.  And he...
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Wendy Elzinga
Jun 16, 20203 min read
stay with the pain
A couple of weeks ago the Five minute Friday community wrote on the prompt "stay" I was at the time "staying off" social media as a...
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Wendy Elzinga
May 29, 20202 min read
What we've been born with
Babies, they are all fresh and new and are scented with the brand new baby smell of possibility. A blank slate, ready to write whatever...
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Wendy Elzinga
May 8, 20202 min read
Freedom in Refraining
Refrain- To stop oneself from doing something. It's ironic but there is actually more freedom in refraining from doing something than in...
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Wendy Elzinga
May 4, 20202 min read
Give Him your eyes
As a therapist, I sometimes work with parents who have children with Ad/hd. And one of the tools I will teach them in order to help them...
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Wendy Elzinga
May 1, 20202 min read
The Art of Distraction
Join a community of writers who write for 5 minutes each Friday based on a one word prompt Distraction gets such a negative conotation...
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Wendy Elzinga
Apr 30, 20203 min read
The delicate balance of distance and closeness
How is the social distance playing on your marriage? Have you found a new sense of closeness and connection from being together 24/7 or...
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Wendy Elzinga
Apr 25, 20202 min read
Perspective is power
Although I's a day late, this is part of the 5 minute Friday community, a community of writers who write for 5 minutes each Friday based...
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Wendy Elzinga
Apr 19, 20202 min read
You can't change what you don't know
Of all the stages of Metanoia, knowing is key. I often say that the stages of knowing, healing and growing are overlapping stages....
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Wendy Elzinga
Apr 17, 20202 min read
Needing one another
Those who know my writing know that I am always looking to understand the world through nature and the stories that the natural world can...
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Wendy Elzinga
Jul 26, 20192 min read
The Messy Middle
You know how a good story goes, you get a nice introduction to the characters, they have plans and goals, hopes and dreams. Somewhere in...
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Wendy Elzinga
Jul 19, 20191 min read
When obstacles get in the way of our distant goals
On the road to Metanoia we want to able to overcome obstacles that keep us stuck. And what do we do if we can see an obstacle in the...
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Wendy Elzinga
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Life as an offering
One of the greatest blessings we have in life is the ability to redeem the moments of life that are most painful, those times when...
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Wendy Elzinga
Jan 30, 20191 min read
When life slows you down
In my little corner of the world, it is winter. Not only is it currently winter, but we are under a winter storm warning. Nearly the...
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Oct 14, 20182 min read
A matter of hope
Whenever I first meet a new client for counseling, the important question comes up in some form or another... "Have you ever thought...
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Wendy Elzinga
Oct 12, 20182 min read
Belonging
You are ready to go on the journey, a journey that requires entering into some form of discomfort, perhaps incredible pain as you begin...
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Oct 10, 20181 min read
Why would anyone freely enter into pain?
You know the familiar statement "no pain, no gain?" Well it's absolutely true. Anything that involves change or growth is going to...
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Wendy Elzinga
Oct 6, 20181 min read
What is required?
At the end of each post I pose questions to consider. Some may choose to journal these questions as they seek the path of Metanoia. The...
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