by Karen Blandino | Jun 26, 2017 | Insights
Anxiety and Shame “Shame says that because I am flawed, I am unacceptable. Grace says that though I am flawed, I am cherished.” A few years ago I had my first full-blown panic attack. I had just finished graduate school and was worried about finding a counseling...
by Karen Blandino | May 29, 2017 | Insights
Faith & Doubt “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith.” Elisabeth Elliot The last few months our family has been walking through a difficult medical journey. We have prayed, fasted, prayed with friends & family; yet, each doctor’s visit we leave in...
by Karen Blandino | Nov 13, 2016 | Insights
The Tourist 1 Peter 2:11-12 – Friends, this world is not your home, so don’t make yourselves cozy in it. Don’t indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. Live an exemplary life among the natives so that your actions will refute their prejudices. Then they’ll be won...
by Karen Blandino | Aug 15, 2016 | Insights
Thankfully, God doesn’t define us by our “worst day” Can you recall your “worst day”…perhaps, you have quite a few!? Was it weeks, months or years ago? When you remember that day, do you feel your heart drop, a sense of shame or embarrassment come over you? Do you...
by Karen Blandino | Aug 8, 2016 | Insights
Do you see me? Eye contact is a complicated language. It can speak love, creepiness, shadiness, self-esteem, confidence, elitism, hurt, kindness or shame. It can be said, “There is in the eye, a tongue that cannot be silenced.” Ultimately, eye contact speaks “I see...
by Karen Blandino | Jun 16, 2016 | Insights
Since we live in a world with a confusing sense of who we are as men and women, I decided to go to the source, the original blueprint of creation, Genesis. What an eye-opener to ponder Genesis from this viewpoint! Trying to fully grasp Genesis is a challenge with our...
