A Way in the Wilderness
Posted: September 24, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
This is a picture of my dog Sparky in our car lying in the midst of our belongings as we returned from our beach trip a couple of weeks ago. Worn-out, he lies among the clutter and I must admit, right now I feel the same way! I had hoped to return from the beach […]
Read more...The Truth Shall Set You Free
Posted: August 15, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
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Recently, I looked back over sermons I had given a few years after my brain injury in 1996. I gave one at The Open Door Community – a Christian community that serves people who are homeless and in prison. I remember struggling with it because it had more of my personal experiences in it than […]
Read more...Dancing in the Rain
Posted: June 25, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: cognitive overload;, organization
href=”https://noggin-notions.com//wp-content/uploads/dancing-in-the-rain.jpg”> My cognitive therapist told me I need to make sure I don’t use too much cognitive energy in a day or I will be tired and unable to function very well the next. I must schedule my day so that I allow my brain to rest cognitively. This means doing things like listening to […]
Read more...Pay Attention
Posted: June 13, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
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Underneath the picture on last Sunday’s bulletin at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (above) was a familiar quote by Mary Oliver. “To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time […]
Read more...“Into the Wild”
Posted: June 3, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Exodus 16:1-12, wilderness, worry
Since I attended the Summer Institute for Theology and Disability last week in Atlanta, I decided not to sing in the choir at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church. I wouldn’t have gone to church at all but it was Mark Ramsey’s last solo sermon before he begins serving a church in Austin Texas and I didn’t […]
Read more...“Two Sides of the Sea”
Posted: May 23, 2015 by Tamara Puffer
TAGS: Brainstormers, Depression
Kristy’s sermon at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church affected me greatly. She began by describing the moment in Exodus 14 when the Israelites crossed the sea and entered into the unknown. “There is a very still moment in this story. Amidst the chase and the army and the chariots and the people crying out after God […]
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