Corey Jones Blog

Stay in your lane.  If you're good enough, people will move to you. ~ Russell Simmons I've always hated the phrase, "stay in your lane;" it always seemed condescending to me.  A few times someone has said it to me when I was asking a question and I felt very offended.  However, recently I realized […]

Religious laws speak of how to behave; theology and doctrine speak of how to understand and what to believe; but stories appeal to the imagination, to that place within us where our images of reality, life, and ourselves reside. (Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, Marcus Borg) I look at my life as a […]

God is love.  When we take up permanent residence in a life of love, we live in God and God lives in us.  (The Message Bible) When I live in Love, all is well no matter how I feel. (me) "I'm too tired to take my medicine" is the familiar refrain in my head. It's […]

Newness is possible; the future does not have to replicate the past; the dream of God is alive. (Marcus Borg, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time) I'm going through a lot of change and that is good.  It is also stressful.  I started worrying that my increase in anxiety was a signal that […]

"Whatever I have, wherever I am, I can make it through anything in the One who makes me who I am." (The Message Bible)  "Why don't they ever tell us that we can recover?  Why don't they ever tell that us that we can be well?  My doctor and therapist never told me that my […]

Friday, March 1  Saturday, March 2 Saturday, March 9 & Sunday, March 10 The mental health first aid workshop is free for members of Kirkwood United Church of Christ and $20 for non-members.

"Life is funny like that, when the dust settles at the end of the day - and we’ve said all we can, we’ll realize every part of us, even the loving ones, were a little broken.”  I like that you're broken Broken like me Maybe that makes me a fool I like that you're lonely […]

A devout life does bring wealth, but it's the rich simplicity of being yourself before God. ~ The Message Bible 2018 was my year for healing and for accomplishing my goals - I completed my book challenge by reading thirty books in a year! My Favorites: Graphic Novels/Comics: Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? […]

I post on Instagram almost every day to promote this blog, so of course, I experiment with hashtags.  Common hashtags I  use: #alifeworthliving #focusonthepositive #focusonthegood #bethechange #mindfulness #gratitude #gratefuleveryday #artheals #mentalhealth #mentalhealthrecovery #recovery A lot of my posts are about recovery from mental illnesss/mental health challenges, and since I am privileged (*rolls eyes*) with so […]

I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. (403, The Message Bible) I am too hard on myself.  My anxiety causes me to second guess myself and assume I am doing worse than I often actually […]