by Colleen Harrison | Dec 10, 2012 | Personal Revelation, Twelve Steps, writing
We’re all different, and I can’t tell anyone else’s story or anyone else’s truth, but I am blessed to come here and have a place to tell mine. This is my truth—the truth that it has taken me many years in recovery to finally believe: Conscious...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 28, 2012 | Twelve Steps
When it mentions “complete defeat” on page 21 of AA’s Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, it means complete. I’m tempted to ask, what part of “complete” don’t we understand? Complete means 100%. Not 98 or even 99 percent defeated. Complete defeat. Total,...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 23, 2012 | God's In Charge, Twelve Steps
In the 4th edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (the AA Big Book), on pp.407–420 there is the most amazing sharing entitled, “Acceptance Was the Answer.” There is a quote that twelve-steppers often reference. “Nothing, absolutely NOTHING happens in God’s world...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 9, 2012 | Christ, Mortality
Lamentations is not just a short but depressing book in the Bible. It’s a testament to the mercy and goodness of God. In Lamentations, Jeremiah bewails the condition of his world—sorrow, misery, desolation, calamity, sin, iniquity… Sound familiar? Just listen to the...
by Colleen Harrison | Aug 8, 2012 | Christ, Keep Coming Back
When a person says they’re having a hard time connecting with God, I immediately know there is some truth in their life that they’re not ready to acknowledge. There is something they’re shying away from, something they don’t want to process or embrace. When we...
