Faith | joyclam

Faith | floating in the great and mysterious I Am.

Not sermons, not theology, not guidance; just an exploration of an unraveling and rewinding faith

This Leaf

This Leaf | A Poem by Joyclam

Skipping Christmas (And Loving Jesus)

Why I Don't Celebrate (If I Don't Want To)

Remember Me

If I am to remember God's love in my darkest times, I would ask Him to remember what it's like to grieve so hard you drown the whole world.

"Yes, and...": Counting All Joy, On One Middle Finger

In my mental health and trauma work, I’ve come to accept the very necessary concept of non-dualistic thinking; yin and yang, "yes, and"

The First-and-a-Half Commandment

Hating yourself will literally destroy your brain and body with illness. Hating your self will destroy your view of God and love for others

When God Shows Up

If I want to heal, know God, and be restored sevenfold, what should I expect but a whirlwind? When God sends a plague, it sets people free.

I in Christmas

Keeping the Christ in Christmas is not nearly so important... as keeping the I in Christ.

Archive: The 1 Thing You Need To Stop Saying

Do not say this to a chronically ill person. Ever.

God of Spoons - The Wasted Days

We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS | "Henceforth I resolve to regard these as God’s signal that I am to stop and listen." -Frank Laubach

God of POTS - The Wasted Days, Part 2

We are human BEINGS, not human DOINGS | God is in charge of my "Wasted Days." He's doing the work. I can BE... in my pain, in my sorrow.

A Tale of Two Lymies

This article was originally written while I still identified as an Evangelical, struggling with judgment and condemnation surrounding my...

Recommended Reading: "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

(warning: blessed spoilers) All excerpts from "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom with John and Elizabeth Sherrill; 1971. There is an...