allison elaine writes
Faith foundational reflections for healing, formation, and everyday life.
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Control issues were once a driving force in my life—and still, at times, they can creep back in if I’m not attentive to what’s happening within me. Let me explain. Not always in ways that were obvious to others, but in ways that were deeply exhausting to me. I found myself increasingly annoyed by the…
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Blessed Be the Name of the Lord Thankfully, I went to bed early on New Year’s Day. With the anticipation of one of my closest friends getting married at sunrise on January 2, the night that followed was restless and light. After a false alarm call at my home in Phoenix, I had finally fallen…
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(And How That Truth Leads to True Freedom and Hope) For nearly eighteen years, I had been walking with Jesus—aware of my need for Him, grateful for His grace, and continually learning what it means to depend on Him rather than myself. Then one conversation shifted something deep in me. I was talking with a…
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One of the most memorable clients of my career was someone I met early in my work within Arizona’s state behavioral health system, serving individuals living with serious mental illness diagnoses. That’s when I was introduced to LT. He was a large man with long hair pulled back into a ponytail. He was homeless at…
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Your call to holiness. Every day comes with frustrations—someone cuts us off in traffic, our children talk back, a stranger is rude, or a misunderstanding disrupts our peace. These ordinary moments often stir irritation or impatience, but Scripture reminds us that even these can become places where holiness is formed. Many believers have heard the…
