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{An Ode To Joy: When Chasing Significance, Ministry, Motherhood, & Alcohol Isn't Enough}2 comments

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 days ago: My daughter thinks she Knows My Dreams, she pushed hard recently trying to get me to admit them. Tel … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Alcoholism Addiction, Depression, Life - Home, My Story !, Addiction, Alcoholism, anxiety

{Life is not Pass or Fail: A Mother's Day Remembrance}

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 1 week ago: I have always seen “weakness” as a defect and here on this blog I say a lot about what I … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, My Story !, A Mother's Day Remembrance, Be Real, Depression, Feminism and Faith, Life is not Pass or Fail, Love

{Dancing with the Holy: On Being Broken, Spiritually Mended and Called}1 comment

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 weeks ago: Dancing with the Holy It was holy—it was so intimate, so exquisite and precious, that to put it down … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Depression, My Story !, Be Fearless in 2013, Be Real, blackhawk church, Broken Heart, brokenness

{the Writing Life, the Power of Voice}

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 1 month ago: Life is pathways that become our Story; where we meet the Holy One and God renews us.  These realiti … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Feminism, Life - Home, My Story !, Alcoholism, Be Real, Becoming Fearless, blackhawk church

I BELIEVE, HELP!

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 1 month ago: I cannot see the future. That’s what makes today hard faith, not constructs, conjecture or speculati … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, My Poems, My Story !, Be Real, belief today, Faith, HELP (2 Corinthians 3 & 4, HOPE

[Waiting to be Born]

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 2 months ago: What is waiting to be born inside me, hope and delicate, childlike faith and courage.  I am wrecked, … more →

Tags: My Poems, My Story !, 2013 is about being fearless, Life - Home, HOPE, Depression, Motherhood, Poetry, Mental Health

[I Asked God for More] than Motherhood

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 2 months ago: I woke up on Sunday full of lament. The depression that had been crushing me was now a throttling ch … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Alcoholism Addiction, Depression, Life - Home, My Story !, Addiction, Alcoholism, anxiety

{The not quite believable Miracle: there is Power to Change}2 comments

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 2 months ago: I have a big problem with trust.  It’s as if I’m expecting a colossal smack down from Life. The ques … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Depression, Life - Home, My Story !, #fiveminutefriday, Amazing Grace, Be Real, Fear

{Life and Death in 25 Lines}

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 2 months ago: His homework was to write a poem. Tell us a childhood memory. He wrote, The Week my Grandpa Died in … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Life - Home, My Poems, My Story !, Be Real, Fear, Henri Nouwen, lent

{Apart and Away}

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 months ago: I’m worn-out; tired as I’ve never been before. Weary in a not sleepy frantic hungry and hysterically … more →

Tags: a different kind of real, Life - Home, My Poems, My Story !, Apart and Away, Be Real, Children, Doubt, Faith

{It Was the Depression Talking}4 comments

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 months ago: “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner pl … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, Depression, My Poems, Be Real, Jesus Christ, My Poetry

What If All Your Life You Believed A Lie? You Are Too Broken.2 comments

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 months ago: The morning air is all awash with angels …  - Richard Wilbur You cannot unbreak a broken stick … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Alcoholism Addiction, Depression, Home, My Poems, My Story !, #oneword2013, Addiction

God Help Me {Part One}1 comment

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 months ago: I can’t figure out why I’m here. And not that evangelical crap about the Good News.  I’ve got … more →

Tags: 2013 is about being fearless, a different kind of real, Depression, God's Help, I Asked God for Help, Mental Health, Stigma

I Asked God for Help {Part Two}3 comments

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 3 months ago: I asked God to help. That is the key, assent; Letting down. Holding out and open, my hands. Release. … more →

Tags: a different kind of real, Depression, My Poems, My Story !, Faith, Faithfulness, God, Help, Holy Hope

(On Being Human -- A Prayerful Poem)

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 4 months ago: We will go soon, and I’m afraid. I laid awake last night, wondering.  And in the meantime, since. I … more →

Tags: a different kind of real, My Poems, My Story !, a poem, anxiety, Be Real, Faith, faith and distrust, Fear

“Happy” New Year

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 4 months ago: As anyone who reads this blog knows, I question everything, I resist, I am a seeker. My soul howls a … more →

Tags: 2012 is about Abundance, a different kind of real, Home, My Story !, Doubt, Fear, God's Promises, happiness, happy new year

Shut Up for Once and Listen! Please.

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday I read with disbelief as a flood of women replied on Tony Jones’ blog, when he asked the q … more →

Tags: a different kind of real, Feminism, Home, a year of biblical womanhood, anger, christian feminist, christians for biblical equality, Evangelical Gender Ghetto, female spiritual leaders

I Found Love {The challenge of "Eat This Book"}1 comment

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 5 months ago: I’ve never read the Bible from end to end. I grew up in the church but biblical literacy was not enc … more →

Tags: 2012 is about Abundance, a different kind of real, Home, Beloved, Bible, blackhawk church, eat this book, eugene peterson, Feminism and Faith

Why So Silent? (And My New Superpower)

Melody Harrison Hanson wrote 5 months ago: I have a super power — Invisibility. I’m having a difficult time sorting things – knowing that … more →

Tags: a different kind of real, Home, Life - Home, My Story !, blackhawk church, eat this book, Feminism, Feminism and Faith, invisibility


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